WxBasic

wxBasic is an open source (=no cost) cross platform BASIC language interpterer. Being based on BASIC language, it is very easy to learn and understand, allowing beginner programmers to easily write nice-looking graphical applications for graphical environment such as Windows and Linux, with minimum effort. It can create stand-alone executables by binding together source code with the language interpterer. These executables, unlike similar commercial programs like Visual Basic, do not require any external DLL file to run: the programmer just distribute its executable, and the final users doesn't need anything else to start using the program. Ther isn't even need for any installer or resource file, an entire program is "composed" of just one file. And, if the final user has wxBasic already installed on its system, he will even able to just download the few KB long source of the program, without the need of downloading the executable (around 1MB long).\nPrograms written in wxBasic run directly both on Windows and Linux with no need for any conversion. It is written primarily in C, with some C++ linking it to the wxWidgets library. wxWidgets supplies the cross-platform features, making wxBasic a very powerful, although beginner-friendly, programmin language. wxBasic runs on Windows using native controls, and Linux using the GTK Library. A Macintosh port is being actively investigated. wxBasic is a bytecode based language, like Perl or Java. \n

External links

\n*wxBasic Home Page\n*wxBasic Forum\n*WxBasic tutorial