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1. macintux · 2020-12-14Recommends

   This post seems reasonably thorough: https://blog.xojo.com/2020/12/04/about-running-windows-and-l...

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2. plefebvre · 2015-09-11

   Submitted Source Control Solutions as a story · 5 points

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3. timdietrich · 2023-09-11

   For anyone looking for a modern alternative to Visual Basic, you might want to take a look at Xojo. Xojo's a rapid application development platform (both a language and an IDE) that you can use to develop desktop apps (for macOS, Windows, Linux), Web apps, mobile apps (for iOS and Android), as well as console apps. It's been around for more than 20 years, and some of you might remember it from back when it was calle…

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4. TurboHaskal · 2024-09-17

   Submitted Cosmic Trader: A Game Built with Xojo Web as a story · 3 points

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5. scarface74 · 2023-01-17

   Have you ever done GUI development of a large app that was meant to be cross platform using Java? What happens when it isn’t just an inconsistency. But a feature doesn’t exist at all? They have different number of parameters? How do you handle the different permission models? The apps are never as good. You still will have just as many shitty half assed apps as you have today with Electron. Both Google and Facebook…

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6. javinpaul · 2018-10-23

   Submitted Adventures in Regular Expressions as a story · 3 points

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7. plefebvre · 2017-02-08

   Submitted Write a Slackbot in less than 20 lines of code as a story · 3 points

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8. plefebvre · 2017-01-30

   Submitted About PostgreSQL Case Sensitivity: Why PostgreSQL can't find my table or column as a story · 3 points

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9. plefebvre · 2015-12-11

   Submitted But it's not precise: A Floating-point Values Primer as a story · 3 points

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10. plefebvre · 2015-09-15

    Submitted A Modern Alternative to Visual Basic as a story · 3 points

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11. javinpaul · 2017-12-14

    Submitted Compilers 101 – Overview and Lexer as a story · 2 points

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12. stesch · 2017-08-17

    Submitted Making a Cross-Platform Desktop App: Comparing Xojo and Visual Studio for Mac as a story · 2 points

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13. plefebvre · 2017-06-01

    Submitted Easily Make an iOS App to Display Daring Fireball JSON Feed as a story · 2 points

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14. plefebvre · 2017-05-26

    Submitted Test your apps on Windows for free as a story · 2 points

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15. plefebvre · 2017-05-22

    Submitted SoundEx algorithm written in Xojo as a story · 2 points

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16. plefebvre · 2017-05-08

    Submitted Programming Challenge: 8 Queens Problem as a story · 2 points

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17. plefebvre · 2016-01-29

    Submitted Smartphone encryption is a red herring as a story · 2 points

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18. plefebvre · 2015-12-22

    Submitted Use SQLite Write-Ahead Logging to Speed Up Your DB as a story · 2 points

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19. plefebvre · 2015-11-03

    Submitted Formatting SQL with a Web Service as a story · 2 points

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20. plefebvre · 2015-10-22

    Submitted Raspberry Pi Starter Projects as a story · 2 points

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21. plefebvre · 2015-09-18

    Submitted Take a Core Dump: What to do when your app crashes on Linux as a story · 2 points

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22. plefebvre · 2015-09-13

    Submitted Full Text Search with SQLite as a story · 2 points

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23. plefebvre · 2015-09-10

    Submitted Test Web Services with Resty as a story · 2 points

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24. plefebvre · 2017-04-28

    Submitted Taking your app from in-house to commercial by utilizing MVC as a story · 1 points

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25. plefebvre · 2017-03-14

    Submitted Calculating Pi as a story · 1 points

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26. plefebvre · 2017-03-14

    Submitted A fun little Pi Day app project as a story · 1 points

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27. plefebvre · 2016-02-20

    Submitted Introduction to Avoiding SQL Injection as a story · 1 points

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28. plefebvre · 2016-01-10

    Submitted Shadowing: You can't always get what you want (or expect) as a story · 1 points

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29. plefebvre · 2016-01-08

    Submitted It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your time zone is? as a story · 1 points

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30. plefebvre · 2016-01-05

    Submitted Use a newer version of Internet Explorer to render HTML in your apps as a story · 1 points

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