GAMBAS(1)

💖 GAMBAS(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the GAMBAS(1) manual page, and no you're not lost, this is exactly where you're supposed to be. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let me tell you about the cutest little IDE that could.

✨ NAME ✨

gambas3 — Integrated Development Environment

like, the whole vibe is right there in the name. it's an IDE. that's the tea. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gambas3 [options] [<project directory>]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. a couple of options if you're feeling spicy, and a <project directory> if you already have a project and you're being a main character about it. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so, Gambas? it's a free development environment built on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, and honestly the easiest way to describe it is: a mix of Java(tm) and Visual Basic(tm). yes, both. it's giving fusion cuisine. ✨

with Gambas you can:

• quickly design your program GUI with Qt or GTK+ — drag, drop, slay
• access database systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQlite or ODBC databases
• pilot applications with DBus
• translate your program into many languages
• create GStreamer, OpenGL or SDL applications
• and so on... 😭 (the "and so on" is doing SO much heavy lifting, the way that it always does)

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now here's the lore, and I need you to lock in. a program written with Gambas is a set of files. each file describes a class, in terms of object programming. those class files get compiled, then executed by an interpreter. and from this point of view, it's very inspired by Java. like, very. no cap. ☕

Gambas is made up of the following programs:

• A compiler.
• An interpreter.
• An archiver.
• A graphical user interface component.
• A development environment.

and here's my favorite part, the funniest detail on this entire page: the development environment is written with Gambas itself, following the "eat your own sh..." paradigm, and showing off the abilities of the language. it's self-hosting, it's iconic, it ate and left no crumbs. 🍽️💅

gambas3 starts the Integrated Development Environment.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

short list, but every single one is a baddie:

• -V, --version — display version ✨
• -L, --license — display license 📜
• -h, --help — display help and exit 🫶

💜 AVAILABILITY 💜

The latest version of Gambas can always be obtained from gambas.sourceforge.net, and documentation about the language lives at http://gambaswiki.org/wiki.

(bookmark that wiki bestie, you're gonna need it, iykyk)

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found a bug? not the fun kind? Report bugs to http://gambaswiki.org/bugtracker.

go tell them. they want to know. it's not snitching, it's community service. 💖

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright© Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@gambas-basic.org>;

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

so like, genuinely: there is NO warranty. not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. it's free software, you get the source, and you get the vibes. that's the deal. 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie. this one's from August 2024, out of the GAMBAS(1) source, and it's been an absolute pleasure. now go build something cute. 🌈🧚⭐