It is worth checking out this thread on Xojo’s Forum.
… and this one
… and this one:
… and this one:
That’s 3 serious bugs reported in the first 10 threads I looked at.
I’m a big fan of the canvas - it’s the bugs that make Xojo unacceptable.
Why I chose Xojo?
Please keep in mind that I’ve only been using Xojo for a year now! Prior to Xojo, my computer programming background has been in C++, C#, PL/SQL, VB.NET, and PowerBuilder.
There are (RAD and Cross-Platform support) primary reasons why I decided to begin using Xojo and becoming a Pro Plus subscriber:
- RAD (Rapid Application Development
- Over the decades, the .NET Framework (while extensive in capabilities and cross-platform support) has become far too bloated and no longer a RAD solution.
- Cross-Platform (iOS, macOS, Windows, Android, and Linux
- I really like this about Xojo (coupled with RAD) (.i.e. One code base)
I fear he is in for a rude awakening expecting ONE code base …
Hi Markus,
I do not think the second discussion is Xojo fault. It is IMHO a documentation miss far more than the IDE fault.
Also, sometimes, it is because of the user lack of knowledge, sometimes it is the developer who want to fight against the OS his application will run on.
Sometimes Xojo is not the good RAD for the job.
At last, sometimes it is the reader who do not understand (or the developer’s design):
Along the nearly last 30 years (1998-04 to now), some people here or there ask for a window with a red border. I never understand why until some days ago while I was looking at the Dialysis screen machine:
Standard border: everything is OK,
Orange border: a simple warning (a period ends for example, when the dialysis ends),
Red border: Blood pressure is too low (9 or 8 or lower).
Developer design:
Instead of working against the HIG and add a non standard colored border, a simpler and more visual User Interface is to add a color in the window’s backdrop: pink, orange, yellow, etc.
I hope my idea is not against the HIG.
Now, Xojo is … what it is. Its only advantage is is fast start to develop (vs the market).
No need to tell about how it sucks.
He will get it, but in how many years after the rude awakening ? 
The moment he actually tries to have one code base on iOS and Android 
That he thinks he can have it across all those OSes tells me he literally hasn’t tried to do it yet
Xojo claims you can do it and they should know, right?
lets just say THEY know that’s not true
you cannot write s single code base that works across desktop, iOS, android, and web
its hard enough to write across all the target OSes for JUST desktop
I’ll point you to the Xojo IDE in evidence