RAD Basic 0.5.90 Pre-Beta 1 - Release Notes

RAD Basic Pre-Beta 1 release (0.5.90.0)

Pre-release of Beta 1

Notes: This is an early access to Beta 1 version.  

• Compiler: Rewritten part of the core implementing multi-pass compiler. So, now we will be able to compile source code with methods calling other methods written after them.
• Compiler: Support for multiple variable declarations in single Dim statement.
• Compiler: Support for visibility modifier (Public, Private, …) for procedures and variables.
• Compiler: Support for additional intrinsic data types: Single, Double and Boolean.
• Compiler: Support Boolean operators: 'And' and 'Or'.
• Compiler: Added basic string manipulation: concatenation with & symbol, and methods Left, Mid, Right and CInt.
• IDE: Add context menu to output window of RAD Basic IDE with “Copy” and “Clear All” actions.
• IDE: Add actions to context menu of Project Explorer: Open in File Explorer, Copy Full Path and Open in Terminal.
• IDE: New source code editor: with line numbers and code folding.
• IDE: Go to line menu item.
• IDE: Clickable errors in output window which allows to jump to line.

• IDE: Improved dark theme.
• Added unit testing in IDE (as we had in compiler) and integration tests along e2e tests. These improvements helped to fix a lot of small bugs.

• IDE: Fixed various bugs about saving form operation.
• IDE: Fixed not losing menu definition on the form when saving.
• IDE: Fixed show correctly containers/children in form layout window.
• IDE: Fixed bugs in loading/saving VBP, FRM and BAS modules files.
• IDE and compiler: Fixed a lot of small bugs.
• Compiler: Check members of an object are callable (not a property) when invoking it.
• Compiler: Ignoring case when resolving symbols.
• Compiler: Fix read properties.
• Compiler: Add a lot of missing checks and fixed small bugs.