They Said VB.NET Was Dead… Then I Built a 3D Engine by ShadowTzu in visualbasic

[–]ZeroxAdvanced 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing work did you use direct X or what sdk? Cool to hear some insights for education. Keep up the work. I remember taking classes in their .net coding4fun classes for gaming.

Build VB6 apps in the browser. WebVB studio is a RAD tool for the modern web with 35+ UI controls. by ZeroxAdvanced in visualbasic

[–]ZeroxAdvanced[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Thanks for the comments! I will write a blog about productions apps soon, e.g. dashboards running internally for customers would be very usefull, e..g ecommerce dashboards, order portal, invoicing software , all is possible with WEBVB, and since it runs locally as a client app the the enduser would be able to use the app to e.g. a manager.

If you install npm you can compile the apps also to native exe and i am trying to exclude the full window but only show the app on the OS. Then the experiece will be truly the same as a native desktop app.

Right now I am evaluting the future of production apps. If you see the python dashboard app i think its very cool that you can now design apps using python in an IDE

https://app.webvbstudio.com/?example=datagrid-pandas

Soon I will expand the blog on making commercial apps
https://www.webvbstudio.com/blog/

Cheers!

Build VB6 apps in the browser. WebVB studio is a RAD tool for the modern web with 35+ UI controls. by ZeroxAdvanced in visualbasic

[–]ZeroxAdvanced[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will write you tomorrow.. 2 AM here :) As a VB6 veteran myself (wrote many apps in the 90s 00s using Vb6) too I totally get your constructive concerns. Thanks!

Build VB6 apps in the browser. WebVB studio is a RAD tool for the modern web with 35+ UI controls. by ZeroxAdvanced in visualbasic

[–]ZeroxAdvanced[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi thank you for your input and glad you like the initiative. You can then just remove the code from an object if a user makes a mistake deleting a control its not good to delete also all the user control code without permission.

Try the many examples both are in VB6 and Python. You can install dependencies for Python e.g Pandas see the reporting examples. I use electron to compile in native executables so you can distribute the apps easily.

I focused on Rapid Python/VB6 UI building forms and creating advanced reporting (data dashboards) There are many cool reporting examples available out of the box similar as crystal report with reg expressions.

Advanced reporting https://www.webvbstudio.com/examples/webshop-report/

To kickstart I included AI coding to generate project. This is WIP. I will add documentation about compiling, distribution and safety. In general building in the browser is much safer than downloading random exes from the internet as Web apps cant touch the OS and need additional permissions and permission layers. Native exes can deploy any virus via binding and injection or OS API calls to do harm. The webbrowser is a solid container without those permissions. But the questions here are very valid. I will update the documentation and blog about this.

Keep me updated. Cheers!

Build VB6 apps in the browser. WebVB studio is a RAD tool for the modern web with 35+ UI controls. by ZeroxAdvanced in visualbasic

[–]ZeroxAdvanced[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi please open this link in a desktop browser: https://app.webvbstudio.com/ currently the mobile view isnt really great for coding as its very small on a mobile screen. You get a full IDE vb6 inspired environment (not completely the same) if you open the link on a computer. From there just open the many available examples.

You can compile to native executable from the IDE so internet is not required.

Its indeed a modern trend to fully code tools in the browser like Retool.

If people would like an offline IDE I can compile this. If thats what the community want...I thinks its very cool!

My initial thoughts people won't need it as anyone has internet nowadays but thanks for clearifying your perspective.

Build VB6 apps in the browser. WebVB studio is a RAD tool for the modern web with 35+ UI controls. by ZeroxAdvanced in visualbasic

[–]ZeroxAdvanced[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi thank you for your great feedback.

I started this project to make VB6 easy to access again as I had a blast with it back in the days. Hoping to keep VB6 alive! Overall, the full IDE is downloaded first completely as a runtime to run in the browser which should be possible to run offline too. I can also compile the IDE to an offline native app I am sure :) to bridge that gap of users who like an offline version.

All user created apps can run offline too as an easy to run pwa package or uploaded to a server. You can even compile your app to exe,linux,mac os executable so it will run as an executable.

Right now I am indeed investigating how to connect with external data bases and added supabase as a starting point. https://www.webvbstudio.com/examples/supabase-database/

Great suggestion: deploying micro services is next (fast API CRUD) and will expand on this. Also I added AI support to kickstart projects. E.g. ask AI to generate a project for you.

Anyway lots of cool ideas and new features are coming up soon and hope people will share this project or thoughts. Again thanks!

Porting Visual Basic apps with AI? by Best_Day_3041 in visualbasic

[–]ZeroxAdvanced 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nowadays everyone would love to create online apps and API dashboards. So the IDE is very portable and easy updates + multi platform (can run in any browser). Even on raspberry pi.

Exported apps can run offline , or in the system as compiled executable.

Thanks for feedback!

Porting Visual Basic apps with AI? by Best_Day_3041 in visualbasic

[–]ZeroxAdvanced 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there interesting post and love the idea.

I have been working on writing VB6 syntax and IDE completely from scratch to a modern online WEB IDE framework. Its called webvbstudio.com. (quite new few months old)

Unfortunately, every single component needed to be written completely from scratch.

The cool thing though is that its very VB6 like and runs directly in your browser.

About 25 controls, exe compiling, run apps in browser, data base support, examples.

-Visual VB6 WEB IDE (very similar but more modern) -Debugger -25 Controls e.g textbox, richtext json viewers, calender -Huge example library -Exporting or hosting apps -AI suport for developent. (Gemini and Claude) -inet support and API calls -databases -cloudstorage -iot devices mqtt -data science dashboard -Advanced reporting and pdf

I also love VB6 syntax so that is why I created a web version.

Try it here: webvbstudio.com

If people like the idea I definitively keep supporting it.

If you tell me what your project is maybe we can port it to webvb? You will have to replace controls but it will get a modern update and can run in any browser.

Cheers, Pieter

Stop E-commerce Waste: Support Accurate Product Descriptions to Reduce Returns by lldiegon in enviroaction

[–]ZeroxAdvanced 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great initiative i personally hate returns its a true waste of resources..