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by meredydd 1016 days ago
Have you tried https://anvil.works? (I'm a founder!)

It's quite explicitly VB-esque (only using Python), and having a single paradigm rather than stitching together several different programs speeds things up even for those who can write HTML/JS/CSS in their sleep. (And of course, you can drop out to JS/CSS/HTML if you want.) Overall I think the development speed is comparable to VB6.
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basiskarten 1015 days ago
I started with Delphi 5 and completely share the sentiment of OP, development experience (mainly when building GUIs) was way better back then. For anyone who feels similarly I can only recommend you to look into Anvil. It is a fantastic tool, under active development and with a helpful and supporting community. It allowed me to build web apps by myself that I previously thought about hiring someone for. Very enjoyable experience and of course the fact that I am building web apps instead of desktop apps is a big plus in many scenarios today.

Great to see you here, Merdedydd! I was thinking about sending this thread to you. I discovered Anvil in a similar thread years ago and am very happy I did.

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jimnotgym 1016 days ago
Reminds me... maybe I can finally build that app I couldn't be bothered to build before...
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SuperHeavy256 1016 days ago
I tried it out and followed the entire tutorial, but the compulsory 'anvil' branding on every free published app kinda killed it for me.

VB never had that.

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basiskarten 1015 days ago
But VB also didn't host web apps for you including databases, user accounts, email etc. I think self hosting is an option with Anvil by now, in which case you may be able to remove the branding.
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anigbrowl 1016 days ago
It looks significantly better since the last time I checked it - well done!
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rubslopes 1015 days ago
meredydd, can I host my own instance of an anvil app?
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