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A bit of an unrelated topic, but if you liked HyperCard you might be interested in https://hyperscript.org/ and their related project https://htmx.org/
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
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I am actually trying to make an open source successor, but using Javascript instead of Basic, at https://github.com/yazz/yazz and a demo at yazz.com
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> what is a good alternative to Access (or Fox, I add)
Nothing.
Access is(was) in fact a worse alternative to Fox:
- Much worse DB engine, and that is saying a lot (FoxPro db can and get corrupted. A typical functionality that was added to any fox codebase was a utility to fix it)
- MUCH MUCH worse programming language (VB) that is neither good as-is, much less as a data-programing language.
Fox/dbase is the only data-oriented language that was relatively popular and fit for the use-case.
This is by a mile the main point: Is a desert looking for languages that are made for business app/data oriented programing (and much harder looking for something not weird).
The main options: Fox/dBase/Informix(? not remember), kdb+, Cobol, SQL(when extended as store procedure lang with loops and that)
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This point is big. Having a good form builder (that is already rare) is not enough to be a real contender for this space. You need a language where making queries is truly nice.
In short, you need a language that is `LINQ/Relational` as first-class end-to-end.
- If this lang needs an ORM: FAIL.
- If this lang needs to compose strings to make a query: FAIL.
- If exist "impedance mismatch" between data manipulation/queries and the rest of the lang: FAIL.
- It should also support super-advanced types like date, decimal, currency and ideally dimensional units. Ideally algebraic types as today.
- It should have a version of Rust `serve, Into/From` for easy conversion between data + formats.
- It should look "normal" like python/swift with `LINQ` queries.
This is the lang I trying to build: https://tablam.org
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appsmith
Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.
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supabase
The open source Firebase alternative. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.
[5] https://supabase.com/
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Also:
c) https://github.com/twinbasic/twinbasic
Once it gets out of beta.
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