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Classic Visual Basic IDE recreated to run in the browser
Original: A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE
A developer has built a browser-native recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE, letting users open and work with the nostalgic development environment directly in a web browser without installing anything. The project has drawn significant attention on Hacker News, where commenters are reminiscing about VB6 and debating the technical challenge of emulating the decades-old tooling in modern web technology.
Why now: Nostalgia for Visual Basic 6 and technical admiration for recreating a legacy IDE in the browser are driving discussion.
Visual Basic 6Wieslaw SoltesHacker News
Evidence
- A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE · wiso · 417
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