<s>
B4X	B-Application
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
IDEs	B-Application
and	O
proprietary	O
programming	O
language	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
applications	O
on	O
the	O
following	O
platforms	O
:	O
Google	B-Application
Android	I-Application
,	O
Apple	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
and	O
Arduino	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
B4X	B-Application
syntax	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
BASIC	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
B4R	O
does	O
not	O
feature	O
a	O
visual	O
designer	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
single-board	B-Device
and	O
SoC	B-Architecture
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
learning	O
the	O
language	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
set	O
of	O
eBooks	O
called	O
"	O
B4X	B-Application
Booklets	O
"	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
that	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
learning	O
guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic4ppc	O
allowed	O
programmers	O
to	O
write	O
applications	O
for	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
devices	O
that	O
ran	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
code	O
native	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
in	O
B4X	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
B4J	O
targets	O
the	O
following	O
platforms	O
:	O
Desktops	O
,	O
Web	O
Servers	O
,	O
and	O
ARM	O
Boards	O
such	O
as	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
Arduino	O
modules	O
include	O
:	O
ESP8266	B-Device
and	O
ESP32	B-Device
.	O
</s>
