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Xojo mentions (5)

• PysimpleGUI

  Xojo is basically VB6's spiritual successor. https://xojo.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die?

  For anyone looking for a modern alternative to Visual Basic, you might want to take a look at Xojo. Xojo's a rapid application development platform (both a language and an IDE) that you can use to develop desktop apps (for macOS, Windows, Linux), Web apps, mobile apps (for iOS and Android), as well as console apps. It's been around for more than 20 years, and some of you might remember it from back when it was... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Small Visual Basic

  I really recommend Xojo[1] (formally RealBasic). It’s like a modern VB6 but runs on macOS, Windows and many flavours of Linux. It has very polished drag and drop UI editor. I’ve been developing with it for over 20 years and my 10 year old daughter is now learning programming with it. You can create and debug apps for free and only need a license to deploy an app as a binary so it’s ideal to learn with. Heck, it... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Do any of you code with/on steno?

  I have yet to get into actual programming, but when I do, it will probably be with the multi-platform programming environment called XoJo. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Performance Improvements in .NET 6

  I've been using Xojo (https://xojo.com) for about 15 years now to make cross-platform GUI apps. The language is similar to VB6 but it's been constantly updated. No affiliation, just a happy customer. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

Codecademy mentions (113)

• Career Transition at 31: How I Became a Front-End Developer

  However, a little research was enough to dispel that misconception. Yes, there was a technical aspect to programming, but most developers weren't doing complex calculations all the time. So, my preconceptions faded away and turned into great curiosity and interest. I started studying JavaScript, HTML, and CSS on YouTube and also studied on Codecademy platform. - Source: dev.to / 12 days ago

• How to start learning web development for free

  Codecademy is a freemium platform with high-quality content.  Their courses range from web development to data science, and are interactive and text-based. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• Scratch is Addictive: How to get rid of your Scratch addiction

  If you really have decided to become the next Guru on Scratch then you should learn at least one real programming language like JavaScript. I found this JavaScript course very useful: https://learnjavascript.online/. You can also learn Java and Python on codecademy.com. - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

• Recommend a website to learn a programming language

  Codecademy.com makes use of a similar approach to the one you mentioned in order to teach JavaScript (and HTML and CSS), giving immediate feedback for the code you write on your browser (except that it uses the browser, as mentioned, instead of an IDE). Source: 12 months ago

• I want to learn how to program

  Codecademy offers interactive coding courses for various programming languages, including Python and JavaScript. It provides a hands-on learning experience and offers a free trial to get started. codecademy.com. Source: about 1 year ago