New Unofficial IDE in development

Post by **Berikco** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:08 am

Moved, as it is not about the official IDE, and not coded in PB

kawasaki · Post by **kawasaki** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:33 pm

Just an update.. Didn't know where this post had gone, since no indication was left in the previous board...

A lot more work is being done on it, making the source code editing side of it useful.

The lexer has to be completely written from scratch to account for additional commands available in UserLibs, which will also mean the UserLib serialisation system will have to be created too.

I am adding as much time I as can to this project, but with full-time work and a family, it's not going as fast as I had hoped.

What I may do, is open the source completely, even in the development stage, so anyone familiar with C++ can pitch in their own ideas.

milan1612 · Post by **milan1612** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:43 pm

kawasaki wrote:What I may do, is open the source completely, even in the development stage, so anyone familiar with C++ can pitch in their own ideas.

I'd love to look at the sources and maybe even contribute some things

kawasaki · Post by **kawasaki** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:50 pm

The source forge page is : https://sourceforge.net/projects/pbdevstud/

No source code yet, and no builds yet, just a couple of screenshots.

I am working a 7 day week so I haven't had any my-time to settle down and polish the source code for distribution, but I will keep things updated on the source forge page.

milan1612 · Post by **milan1612** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:42 am

kawasaki wrote:The source forge page is : https://sourceforge.net/projects/pbdevstud/

No source code yet, and no builds yet, just a couple of screenshots.

I am working a 7 day week so I haven't had any my-time to settle down and polish the source code for distribution, but I will keep things updated on the source forge page.

Thanks, bookmarked the link and will keep an eye on this

naw · Post by **naw** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:25 pm

Just a couple of ideas:

A User Library Manager that shows:
- the Commands available in the Lib
- the version of the Lib
And also allows the User to Disable individual Libs so the compiler cant see it

Mistrel · Post by **Mistrel** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:40 pm

Thank you for sharing your source code. I'll definitely be following this project.

kawasaki · Post by **kawasaki** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:57 pm

Userlibs will be serialised, so that if you open a project that requires a userlib that doesnt exist, it will check an online database (would be a future development) for the userlib details etc..

Commands etc can be viewed too, and upon compilation, it will generate a report with all userlibs used.

Update

Porting the project to use Nokia's QT GUI library, since its more robust, and a commercial-grade library, that many big companies use, such as Adobe.

kawasaki · Post by **kawasaki** » Fri May 01, 2009 12:50 am

Since this project has sparked off another project running up against it, I will be putting this one on hold.

Best of luck to the other competing IDE

lexvictory · Post by **lexvictory** » Fri May 01, 2009 7:12 am

kawasaki wrote:Since this project has sparked off another project running up against it, I will be putting this one on hold.

Best of luck to the other competing IDE

I'm hoping you don't mean mine?
Yours is targeted at a different audience than mine. Plus I wasn't aiming at competition (after all there is already a PB IDE alternative)

kawasaki · Post by **kawasaki** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:08 pm

Not at all. I only briefly looked over your IDE project, and I believe it's a very nice looking interface.. Very user friendly

I have been contracted to a company to work with them in quite an exhausting project, which will take up all my time.

I will however still add a few nooks and crannies to the project, its not ready to be released as open source yet, since I encountered a big glitch (or a user error performed by myself) in the code.. so when I can get rid of that flaw, I should be able to start uploading.

rsts · Post by **rsts** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:26 pm

freak wrote:Of all the alternative IDEs that where announced at this stage of development, guess how many made it to a usable product...

cheers

kawasaki · Post by **kawasaki** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:49 pm

It's not dead, just on hold.. I am trying to provide a professional-quality studio software for use with PureBasic, with no budget, and no resources.. All off my own back.

I have a job which I take seriously, so that I will not jeopardise work hours.

This project was to be a act of generosity, giving something to a community for free.

If you want to see it done in a month, for instance, rsts, I will be more than happy to discuss with you, financing options, and contracts

Fluid Byte · Post by **Fluid Byte** » Fri May 01, 2009 4:55 pm

kawasaki wrote:It's not dead, just on hold.. I am trying to provide a professional-quality studio software for use with PureBasic, with no budget, and no resources.. All off my own back.

I have a job which I take seriously, so that I will not jeopardise work hours.

And exactly these are the reasons why we don't have any alternative IDE's except gnozal's Jabbe. rsts didn't want to criticize you but just stating a fact. This IDE will certainly never be finished but I appreciate the approach very much.

kawasaki · Post by **kawasaki** » Fri May 01, 2009 5:29 pm

I wouldnt go as far as to say it will Never be finished.. My intentions are to perhaps if not complete it myself, create a readable foundation for someone or a group of people to continue its development, thus creating it an open-source achievement that anyone can pitch their time.