A browser-native classic Visual Basic VB6 IDE
Summary
A browser-native reimplementation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE, allowing developers to build and run VB6-style applications directly in the web browser without native Windows tooling. It represents an impressive retro-computing preservation and web platform porting effort.
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