Introduction
PureBasic is an "high-level" programming language based on established "BASIC" rules. It is mostly compatible with any other "BASIC" compiler. Learning PureBasic is very easy! PureBasic has been created for beginners and experts alike. Compilation time is extremely fast. This software has been developed for the Windows operating system. We have put a lot of effort into its realization to produce a fast, reliable and system-friendly language.The main features of PureBasic
- x86 and x64 support
- 83 native libraries
- Hundreds of functions
- Built-in arrays, dynamic lists, complex structures, maps, pointers and variable definitions
- Supported types: Byte (8-bit), Word (16-bit), Long (32-bit), Quad (64-bit), Float (32-bit), Double (64-bit) and Characters
- User defined types (structures)
- Built-in string types (characters), including ascii and unicode
- Powerful macro support
- Constants, binary and hexadecimal numbers supported
- Expression reducer by grouping constants and numeric numbers together
- Standard arithmetic support in respect of sign priority and parenthesis: +, -, /, *, and, or, <<, >>
- Extremely fast compilation
- Procedure support for structured programming with local and global variables
- All Standard BASIC keywords: If-Else-EndIf, Repeat-Until, etc
- Specialized libraries to manipulate BMP pictures, windows, gadgets, DirectX, etc
- Specialized libraries are very optimized for maximum speed and compactness
- The Win32 API is fully supported as if they were BASIC keywords
- Inline Assembler
- Precompiled structures with constants files for extra-fast compilation
- Integrated debugger to follow the execution of a program and correct errors more easily
- Configurable CLI compiler
- Dedicated editor with automatically highlighted syntax
- Very high productivity, comprehensive keywords, online help
- System friendly, easy to install and easy to use
- IDE and help available in english, french and german
- SDK Visual C
- Compilation of windowed program, console and DLL
- Creation of integrated wysiwyg windows
- Creation of windows with automatic reorganization of gadgets (layout) with the 'Dialog' library
- 33 native gadgets
- 1 gadget specialized in OpenGL
- 1 scintilla gadget
- Process, thread, mutex, semaphore
- Drag'n drop
- DPI for MS Windows
- QT and GTK3 for Linux
- DirectX and OpenGL systems
- Import of static (lib) or dynamic libraries (dll, so, etc.)
- Drawing with antialiasing with the 'Vector' library
- 3D functions with the 3D engine OGRE
- Pseudotypes: p-ascii, p-utf8, p-bstr, p-unicode, p-variant
- Array, linked-list (list), maps, Database (MySQL, SQLite, ODBC, PostgreSQL, Maria)
- json, xml
- Regular expression
- http, ftp, mail, application server / client, CGI and FastCGI
- Cypher
- OnError
- Compressor/decompressor: BriefLZ, JCALG1, LZMA, Tar, Zip
- ini file
- Printer, serial port
- Runtime
Here is the exhaustive list of all the libraries that PureBasic offers:
Windows & system : arrays cgi cipher clipboard console database date debugger desktop dialog dragdrop file filesystem font ftp gadget help http json library lists mail maps math memory menu network onerror packer preference printer process regularexpression requester runtimes scintilla serialport sort statusbar string system systray thread toolbar window xml 2D & Medias : 2ddrawing audiocd font image imageplugin joystick keyboard mouse movie music screen sound soundplugin sprite vectordrawing 3D Engine : billboard camera engine3d entity entityanimation gadget3d joint light material mesh node nodeanimation particle sound3d specialeffect spline staticgeometry terrain text3d texture vehicle vertexanimation window3d