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Re:IDEs we had 30 years ago by unleaded on Thursday December 28, 2023 @08:09PM (#38800687)
Windows Forms is pretty much the successor to VB6 and I think is still supported. Still nothing like it on Linux though, even though people say Linux is way better than Windows for software development :/
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Re:IDEs we had 30 years ago by jpc0 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @11:12PM (#38801691)
The subset of GUI software is much much smaller than the greater whole.

I do agree though that any GUI programming on Linux is a pain compared to Linux / Mac. However the proliferation of web based apps, even those running in electron shows how valuable a truely cross platform GUI framework that is easy to use would be.

Google is trying with flutter and dart but last time I used it I felt it was still being iterated on far too quickly, maybe a bit ( maybe even now ) it will be more friendly to use.

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