Paulo Reis

GnuCobol + GUI would be great. The solutions that currently exist involve typing a lot of code, therefore very slow development. And the modern world is graphical. TUI is only for batch processing.

Intensive use of AI. I've already tested it and it works well... in relation to what has been developed.

Another very interesting option, currently under development... and finally with the option to create modern interfaces: https://github.com/CloudLandBeta/PowerRustCOBOL

"...I think it makes more sense to keep the business logic in COBOL and separate the user interface entirely. Pairing clean COBOL core logic with a modern, free, open-source GUI framework is often the cleaner and more maintainable approach." I completely agree with this approach, new developments are done in layers... I just haven't found an easy way to do this with GnuCobol yet... it all involves creating a lot of new code just for the graphical part. GnuCobol + Javascript could be a modern option....

The future/present is graphical. GnuCobol desperately needs an easier way to create graphical user interfaces (GUI/UI). What exists is complex, in my opinion. I also know it's a difficult area.

Hello Mickey, I have an application in RM Cobol and I intended to convert it to GnuCobol with a graphical interface... This option of HTML and CGI for Web interfaces seems interesting, but I don't know how to start. Can you show an example? Thanks

COBOL to be successful has to bet on SQL (ISAM is outdated, doesn't work on the web, it's not ACID, etc...), and the GUI !!!! The modern world is visual, I respect the opinions of the old guard, but the world has changed... it has changed a lot. I programmed in Icobol with GUI/TUI with the same code, but the results were not brilliant. Later I programmed with MF+Dialog System - a terrible desperation. Fujitsu's Powercobol was excellent as a GUI tool, unfortunately it's not opensource, it was based...

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