The Final Chapter in B4X...my wish..please Erel..pretty Please ;)

DonManfred · Mar 12, 2015

Please make the log-window
a) Dockable (wherever)
b) having its on window so i can place the log on a second monitor

The waiting time will be hard for us i believe

sorex · Mar 12, 2015

WhiteholeSoft said:
New Designer Window:
Left side: ToolBox like UI for the UI elements.

at the top of a splitscreen panel the (draggable) view types

at the bottom the layout structure like we have now but with draggable reordering

Erel · Mar 13, 2015

This is not the correct place to post feature requests. It is better to start new threads for these requests.

1. There will be a dark theme and it will be relatively easy to create new themes.
2. All the toolboxes will be draggable / dockable / "floatable".

It is not yet clear when the designer will be updated. I'm not sure that it will be updated in the next version.

Jmu5667 · Mar 13, 2015

Sorr

Erel said:
This is not the correct place to post feature requests. It is better to start new threads for these requests.

1. There will be a dark theme and it will be relatively easy to create new themes.
2. All the toolboxes will be draggable / dockable / "floatable".

It is not yet clear when the designer will be updated. I'm not sure that it will be updated in the next version.

Sorry Erel for starting this

sorex · Mar 13, 2015

Erel said:
This is not the correct place to post feature requests. It is better to start new threads for these requests.

don't worry, those were asked before but didn't make it yet into the latest release(s)

HotShoe · Mar 13, 2015

Erel said:
It is not yet clear when the designer will be updated. I'm not sure that it will be updated in the next version.

So, my recent rewrite of b4xcolors will need to be rewritten.

--- Jem

LWGShane · Mar 14, 2015

@Erel - I do have a question: Why the choice to rewrite in .NET and not a cross-platform language?

Erel · Mar 15, 2015

WhiteholeSoft said:
Why the choice to rewrite in .NET and not a cross-platform language?

This is a good question. For a long time I avoided starting a major rewrite exactly because of this question.

However I realized, after testing several possible solutions, that at this point this is the only reasonable alternative. Building a real IDE that can handle large projects with all the features developers expect is not a simple task. I prefer to build a good IDE that runs on Windows over a mediocre cross platform IDE (I'm not saying that it is technically not possible to build a powerful cross platform IDE, I'm talking about my company possibilities with our resources and existing code base).

LWGShane · Mar 15, 2015

Erel said:
This is a good question. For a long time I avoided starting a major rewrite exactly because of this question.

However I realized, after testing several possible solutions, that at this point this is the only reasonable alternative. Building a real IDE that can handle large projects with all the features developers expect is not a simple task. I prefer to build a good IDE that runs on Windows over a mediocre cross platform IDE (I'm not saying that it is technically not possible to build a powerful cross platform IDE, I'm talking about my company possibilities with our resources and existing code base).

Thanks for an actual answer and explaining why it's windows-only.

Erel · Mar 22, 2015

Complex conditional compilation:

Unlike the current implementation which is quite limited, the new IDE will allow to use complex conditions.

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Troberg · Mar 23, 2015

Nice!

I get a little bit curious on the yellow markings in the margin, though...

DonManfred · Mar 23, 2015

Troberg said:
I get a little bit curious on the yellow markings in the margin, though...

Hmm... Marking lines which are last edited?

Peter Simpson · Mar 23, 2015

WhiteholeSoft said:
- Love the new screenshot, B4X has certainly grown up

Yes it certainly has, and the spoiler is looking AWESOME @Erel.

Cheers...

Erel · Mar 23, 2015

Thank you

Peter Simpson · Mar 23, 2015

Erel said:
I prefer to build a good IDE that runs on Windows over a mediocre cross platform IDE (I'm not saying that it is technically not possible to build a powerful cross platform IDE, I'm talking about my company possibilities with our resources and existing code base).

That's the perfect answer

Hypnos · Mar 24, 2015

Even only 3%, but I still want to have B4W.......... please consider Erel!

Jmu5667 · Mar 27, 2015

Hypnos said:
Even only 3%, but I still want to have B4W.......... please consider Erel!

Yep,would be awesome...we need to clone Erel !

LWGShane · Mar 31, 2015

Would love to see a video of the new IDE in action, @Erel

Erel · Mar 31, 2015

The features you can see in this video:

Support for multiple editors.
Go to identifier with Ctrl + Click (very useful).
Structure highlighting.
Auto completion starts automatically and is more advanced.
Zoom.

Under the hood the IDE is rewritten from scratch. The new IDE "engine" has better performance and is much more powerful. This will allow adding more advanced features in the future (like auto-indent and others).

Make sure to see the video in hd mode (press on the small gear button):

Peter Simpson · Mar 31, 2015

Absolutely awesome @Erel, 10 out of 10 as usual. Thank you for all your hard work again...

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