Basic4Linux - One can dream

[Jim Brown]

Whilst I enjoy Basic4android tremendously I would love to be able to create Linux apps in the same way as B4A allows Android app development.

Linux seems to be becoming more popular, largely thanks to solid releases like Ubuntu and Linux Mint, but also because of the negative reaction to the (dismal) Windows 8 re-design.

What's lacking for me though is an 'easy' way to develop apps. QT Creator is about as good as it gets. Basic4Linux would be super!

one can dream ...

 

[LA3QMA]

Purebasic is running on windows, Linux and the Mac OS
Easy to use and very powerful and generate small exe files.

Kai Gunter - LA3QMA

 

[agraham]

Look at Mono for a managed solution. It supports C# and Windows Forms on Linux.

 

[charlesg]

Gambas (3 not 2) is good though can be fiddly to install depending on your distro.

 

[yttrium]

I support Mono for my major VB+WinForms app.

All it takes is a couple of extra parameters for UNIX-like filesystem navigation (no drive letters, use more logical and variable-driven paths, etc), and my single binary runs perfectly across both Windows and GNU/Linux.

Mono supports up to .NET 2.0 perfectly with near-perfect WinForms support.