v0.4.0-beta

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Release Highlights

Touch Support for Mobile

Existing QB64 mouse keywords are now mapped automatically to touch events on devices that support it.  We've also added support for QB64 resize methods to size your application dynamically.  Here are a couple of examples to try on your phone:

• QBJS Paint - Touch enabled drawing program
• Flappy Bird - Ported from Terry Ritchie's excellent QB64 version

Expanded set of QBasic/QB64 Keywords

See the full list below.

Export your "Compiled" Program

The Share feature now has a new option.  When you chose a share mode of "Play" or "Auto" you now have the option to export the compiled javascript version of your program (along with supporting html assests) to a self-contained zip file.  Ready to share on your favorite forum or upload to game sharing sites like itch.io.

Create Reusable Modules with Import/Export

We've implemented the ability to include "modules" from external source files into your program.  This concept is similar to include from C/C++ and import from Javascript.  The idea here is to make it easy to create reusable libraries that can be shared between projects. 

Standard Libraries

In an effort to allow QBJS to grow in an organized way beyond the initial set of QBasic/QB64 keywords, we are introducing standard library modules to support extended functionality.  This will allow you to include only what you need for each program.  The first of these standard libraries included with this release are the Dom and Storage libraries which provide access to the current web page and browser storage.  You can read more about it in the Supported Keywords page.

Release Notes

Fixes

• Fix implementation of startAngle and endAngle parameters in Circle keyword
• Improve accuracy of _Limit keyword by incorporating time elapsed since last loop iteration
• Fix implementation of Val keyword to correctly convert strings with hexidecimal (&H), octal (&O), and binary (&B) prefix.

Enhancements

• Add support for touch events on mobile
  • Basic touch events are now mapped by default to mouse-state methods _MouseX, _MouseY, _MouseButton and _MouseInput
  • More fine-grained touch event logic can be handled with the DomEvent method
• Scale canvas to screen size when in fullscreen mode
  • Add support for _FullScreen keyword
• Add support for module imports via new Import/Export keywords
• Add support to export compiled program and dependencies to a standalone zip file
• Update Circle keyword to support optional aspect parameter
• Add support for hex, oct and binary number literals
• Add support for RGB colors defined with number literals
  (e.g. Line (100, 100)-(200, 200), &HFFFF0099, BF )
• Update _NewImage, _Width, and _Height methods to support character-based screen sizing
• Add support for additional QBasic/QB64 Keywords:
  • Beep, Csrlin, Draw, Hex$, Oct$, Paint, Pos, Point, Preset, Time$, Window
  • _Cosh, _D2R, _R2D, _Sinh

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This discussion was created from the release v0.4.0-beta.