RB curiousity Front end Open Source?

**sdashiki** · 06-24-2005, 10:31 AM

I wanted to get a tiny bit into RB so I can perhaps create a nice frontend for meself....and others eventually.

Is there any open source RB or VB frontend (for pc) available to cannibalize?

**RedGoat149** · 06-24-2005, 10:55 AM

There's RoadRunner in the front end section, it's made in VB6 and is open source.

**sdashiki** · 06-24-2005, 11:08 AM

Hmmm Ill give that one a looksie.

**ddn** · 06-24-2005, 11:23 AM

Why waste your time writing yet another RB frontend when you could write one in C?

**sdashiki** · 06-24-2005, 11:25 AM

I cant write C, nor do I care to learn C to write a front end. In OSX a front end is basically something that stays front and center while it runs other processes (iTunes, quicktime etc) for me and displays them in a way my front end tells it to.

Writing in C is from the ground up, why would I need that im not reinventing the wheel, im making basically something that will play music, movies and all that. With RB I think I can add new features (phidgets etc) easily compared to C.

Who cares how the frontend is written, in the end its still a .app

**ddn** · 06-24-2005, 12:48 PM

I couldn't possibly disagree with you more. What its written in makes all the difference in the world. Theres no need to reinvent the wheel, thats what APIs are for. You can connect to anything you want in C, without re-writing an mp3 player or video player.

In the end its just more bloatware.

**sdashiki** · 06-24-2005, 12:55 PM

So RB cant let me access iTunes capabilites in a front end?

In the end it is a stand alone application, no matter how you compiled it.

RB gives me stable platform to code from, C gives me nothing to start with.

And basically, I aint no programmer, so telling me to learn C is kinda silly, cuz I wont.

**ddn** · 06-24-2005, 01:23 PM

Clearly you're not a programmer, because little of what you've said has made any sense. But if you're not a programmer, what are you going to try to do in RealBasic?

Originally Posted by sdashiki

RB gives me stable platform to code from, C gives me nothing to start with.

Except the most widely used language in existence. Not to mention countless toolkits and APIs for various programs. GTK, WinForms, etc.

In the "end" its not a stand alone application. RB apps are still interpreted at runtime, making them slower than old peoples fark. I love RoadRunner, but its still hogs too much CPU IMHO. Fortunately, we have massively overpowered machines for what we do with them.

**maxipad96** · 06-24-2005, 04:01 PM

I dont care what the damn thing is written in. You write it, I'll run it. CCcar is lacking at this point and I do not see any updates in the future. Write something that compares to roadrunner PC and I dont care what you programmed it in, as long as it runs smooth, its my front end.

**Zenith_Warrior** · 06-24-2005, 04:17 PM

Perhaps a Newbie question, but what is RealBasic?

I think you're both right. In the end it is just a runnable file that shows a nice front end so it doesn't matter too much what it is written in to the front end user. Unless of course it ends up being badly coded and slow. VB6 programs are no where near as fast as a C program, but they take a lot less time to code up.

In the end the right tool for the right job for the right person.