The death of Bob Zale, founder of PowerBASIC

[Mark Strickland]

For me I will still write most of my desktop apps in PB and FF ..... but ..... for the Web the XOJO Web Edition (WE) does not have many tools that compare.  It is pretty cool to develop like a desktop app and then deploy it to the Web.  The resulting code from the XOJO WE is faster than PHP and more secure (binary).  Because it uses Ajax type technology it responds to field level events quickly like a desktop app.  It can output a Fast CGI app or a binary with a built in Web server.  It can output Web code for Linux or Windows and IIS.

Also if you truly do require multi platform deployment across Windows, OSX, and Linux (and soon iOS) it also works pretty good ... but yes the code is a bit bloated.  In general it seems to be able to create nearly identical apps across each OS within the limits of the OS.  The new IDE is an improvement but it still is not as elegant as FF but it is trying to do more "stuff".  IMHO there is not any better combo than FF and PB for desktop development.  Thanks Paul and Bob Z.

I heard somebody once say "If everything was a nail then you would only need a hammer".  Pick the right tool for the job.

[Patrice Terrier]

I think that the actual PB's community will spread out into several directions.

I, for myself, made my choice, and i am currently debugging GDImage to the new platform i have selected. 

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[Haakon Birkeland]

That's just a tease statement Patrice!

[Rolf Brandt]

...and what is your new platform, Patrice?

Rolf

[Patrice Terrier]

No more exotic, i selected the same that the one used to write the core API itself..

As a matter of comparison:
The size of GDImage compiled with PB 9.05, is 353 Kb (I do not use PB 10.xx for production).
The size of GDImage, compiled with VS2010 C/C++ in 32-bit mode, is 237 Kb (saving 116 Kb hover PB, and running 30% faster).
The size of GDImage, compiled with VS2010 C/C++ in 64-bit mode, is only 387 Kb (i am checking the 64-bit version with WinDev, that is my current largest base of users).

And now i shall target the mass market of C/C++ programmers (for me it is like opening the gates of heaven).

Side note: while i learned C# more than 7 years ago, it couldn't be used to serve my purpose as i am writing only "unsafe" code.

[Joerg B.]

Hi Patrice

that is nice ...... but i think the Filesize is not realy important.
I agree with you, that the community for C programmers is the greatest worldwide.
So you have a very good support if you have a problem.

Joerg

[Patrice Terrier]

I am speaking about the file size, because of the bloated moto of the PowerBASIC staff...

But you can also consider the speed gain.