05-29-2023, 11:55 PM
(05-29-2023, 04:50 PM)dbox Wrote:(05-29-2023, 11:20 AM)Coolman Wrote: if you combine your project with Electron to generate stand-alone, cross-platform desktop applications, it will be much more interesting and will surely attract many developers...
Hey @Coolman, thanks for the suggestion. There has actually already been a little bit of research into this already. @grymmjack was posting on Discord just recently about some work he did to be able to build electronjs-based standalone executables from VSCode. The concept actually works pretty well, though it does produce some very large executables (since it has to bundle a chromium browser).
At present, however, this isn't a major focus for me. There is already a good way to make multi-platform, standalone executables with QBasic syntax... and that is QB64. I'm not aiming to create a replacement for QB64. For me it is about extending the reach of this fun and approachable syntax to the web and mobile. Perhaps, I'll dedicate a separate thread to expand further on the motivation and goals of the project.
Yep. It's pretty danged easy to get it working too.
Mostly just download nwjs, setup your vscode extensions, modify your nwjs.publish.json and you're good.
Happy to share, LMK.