Jim Schwartz
New Member
I admit it, I am a "babe in the woods" as far as B4A is concerned.
As to my programming history, I have been programming in various BASIC dialects since 1982. Through the years, I achieved proficiency in Commodore BASIC v2 (Commodore 64) and v7 (Commodore 128), AmigaBASIC, AMOS, Microsoft's QBasic/QuickBASIC/Visual Basic and, since 1998, REALBasic (now called "XOJO"). I have had several articles published in COMPUTE!s Gazette magazine and in one of their books.
I need to create fairly simple apps* for Android (and, maybe, iOS). I'm too old to learn a new programming language (C, C++, Java, etc.). I just want to capitalize my almost 40 years experience with BASIC dialects.
I have downloaded and installed the demo version. Before I purchase the full version, I would like to know:
Is B4A the way to go? Is there any caveats or "gotchas" that I need to know about? I just want to build apps for the Google Play Store.
Any advice, insights, suggestions, hints, tips, or other words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated!
*just standard BASIC code with http (not https) hooks to my database, or direct MySQL access to my database.
Many, many thanks for your advice and recommendations.
As to my programming history, I have been programming in various BASIC dialects since 1982. Through the years, I achieved proficiency in Commodore BASIC v2 (Commodore 64) and v7 (Commodore 128), AmigaBASIC, AMOS, Microsoft's QBasic/QuickBASIC/Visual Basic and, since 1998, REALBasic (now called "XOJO"). I have had several articles published in COMPUTE!s Gazette magazine and in one of their books.
I need to create fairly simple apps* for Android (and, maybe, iOS). I'm too old to learn a new programming language (C, C++, Java, etc.). I just want to capitalize my almost 40 years experience with BASIC dialects.
I have downloaded and installed the demo version. Before I purchase the full version, I would like to know:
Is B4A the way to go? Is there any caveats or "gotchas" that I need to know about? I just want to build apps for the Google Play Store.
Any advice, insights, suggestions, hints, tips, or other words of wisdom will be greatly appreciated!
*just standard BASIC code with http (not https) hooks to my database, or direct MySQL access to my database.
Many, many thanks for your advice and recommendations.