Wish coding b4x in vscode?

[abedcode]

Hi, @Erel i got back to mobile dev(B4A) after a while. been doing web dev in IDEs like vscode. i know how awesome b4x is, but the IDE doesn't feel like a modern tool. can we not code b4x in vscode with autocompletion, linting & formatting? just like how flutter does it?
when i change a layout, git just tracks it but can't show diff because it is binary. it would be great if we could code layouts like flutter/html.

or if it is hard or takes time we could have vscode shortcuts?
like opening a module with ctrl+p,
searching in a file context separate from all project,...

i know this isn't something small to ask for, so again, thanks for everything

 

[Sandman]

I know that Erel isn't very open to this idea (it has been suggested several times), but I still imagine we will go that way in a year or two, together with Erel making a full-featured LSP functionality. It just makes so much sense, especially in the age of AI.

 

[aeric]

There are already some vscode extensions for B4X with syntax highlighting, etc.
For text based layout, both B4A and B4J already support json layouts that can sync to binary format.

 

[Sandman]

There are already some vscode extensions for B4X with syntax highlighting, etc.

That just makes it more likely that I am correct. I'm certain that Erel sees the interest and pressure from the community here, and the only way for him to control where we end up is by getting in front of it. If he does nothing, he just risk causing a parallel universe of solutions that interact with b4x - better to decide on his terms and do a clean solution that will help the platform from a bigger perspective.