Development ​

Core Features ✨ ​

Perfect Compatibility 🤝 ​

• 100% backward compatible with existing VB6/VBA codebases
• Fully based on COM technology, consistent with classic Visual Basic versions
• Simulates all known VB6 features and behaviors

Modern Development Environment 💻 ​

• Lightweight, modern dedicated IDE
• Monaco-based code editor
• Support for dark and light themes
• Code folding capability
• Real-time code hints
• Syntax highlighting
• Real-time project error diagnostics

Powerful Compiler Features 🔧 ​

• Native 32-bit and 64-bit compilation support
• Complete Unicode support
• Generates standalone executables without runtime libraries
• Multi-threaded compilation process for excellent performance
• Planned support for Mac, Linux, and Android platforms

Enhanced Language Features 🌟 ​

• Bit-shift operators support
• Class instance AddressOf
• Inheritance support
• Inline assembly
• Procedure overloading
• Multi-threading syntax (coming soon)
• Generics support (similar to VB.NET but more flexible)
• New data types: LongLong, LongPtr, Decimal
• New operators: AndAlso, OrElse, <<, >>
• New assignment operators: +=, -=, *=, etc.

Built-in Debugger 🔍 ​

• Multi-thread debugging support
• Call stack window
• Variables window
• Watch window
• Debug console

New Built-in Controls 🎮 ​

• FlexGrid support
• QRCode generator
• Support for more custom controls

Package Management Features 📦 ​

• Built-in package server
• TWINPACK package format support
• Convenient package import and update mechanism

Why Choose twinBasic? 🤔 ​

• Seamless upgrade path for existing VB6/VBA projects
• Modern development experience
• Active community support
• Continuous updates and improvements
• No runtime dependencies
• Professional technical support

Join the Community 👥 ​

• Join the Discord community https://discord.gg/UaW9GgKKuE
• Follow official updates
• Participate in GitHub issue tracking
• Become a VIP Gold member for additional support
• Join to QQ group 788160802

Note: twinBasic is under active development with daily updates being the norm. It's recommended to follow official channels for the latest updates.