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Classic Visual Basic 6 IDE recreated in the browser

Original: A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE Article URL: https:// wieslawsoltes.github.io/VB6/ Comments URL: https://

Developer Wieslaw Soltes has released a browser-native recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE, letting users run the familiar drag-and-drop Windows development environment without installing anything. The project, hosted on GitHub Pages, is drawing attention from nostalgic programmers discussing how the once-ubiquitous tool can live on entirely in a web page.

Why now: Nostalgia plus curiosity about running a legacy Windows dev tool natively in a browser is driving discussion among developers.

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• A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE Article URL: https:// wieslawsoltes.github.io/VB6/ Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9956681 Points: 8 # Comments: 3 https:// wieslawsoltes.github.io/VB6/ # Tech # Technology # TechNews # AI # Gadgets # Software… · techwire@gamefan.net · 3

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