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timdietrichon The era of American computer magazines has drawn to a close

There's a nice archive of many of the popular computer magazines - including PC World, MacWorld, MacUser, Byte - available here: https://vintageapple.org

Over the past few years, as magazines have gone from print to online-only, I've subscribed to some of them via Zinio ( https://www.zinio.com ). They carry PCWorld, Maximum PC, Macworld, MacLife, and more. Their "reader" is nice, but I do wish it supported downloading the magazines as PDFs.

One magazine that is available in print and online is MagPi magazine ( https://magpi.raspberrypi.com ). Its emphasis is on Raspberry Pi. You can download back issues for free, and the print version is often available at bookstores such as B&N.

timdietrichon Was BASIC that horrible or better?

Here's a completely different perspective on Xojo: https://timdietrich.me/blog/xojo-netsuite-development/

My advice to developers that are interested in Xojo, or looking for something different in terms of languages / development platforms, is to give Xojo a try. You can build and run apps in debug mode for as long as you'd like, all at no charge. It's only when you want to compile apps so that you can run them as executables and/or for distribution that you'll need to purchase a license.

timdietrichon Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die?

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 called REALbasic.

I'm a solo custom software developer that specializes in NetSuite, and I'm using Xojo to develop all kinds of apps that integrate with NetSuite - from desktop apps to mobile apps to Web APIs.

There's a blog post on Xojo's site that provides a good summary of how Xojo is both similar to and different from VB. It's an older post (from 2013), and Xojo's come a long way since then.

https://xojo.com

http://blog.xojo.com/2013/06/19/a-modern-alternative-to-visu...

timdietrichon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

I've rebooted my blog several times over the years, usually due to a career pivot.

I'm currently working as a developer in the NetSuite ERP space, so that's my blog's major focus.

https://timdietrich.me/blog/