<s>
XBLite	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
BASIC	O
programming	B-Language
language	I-Language
compiler	I-Language
and	O
development	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
David	O
Szafranski	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
exclusive	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
XBasic	B-Language
dialect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBLite	B-Application
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
licensing	O
scheme	O
,	O
Standard	B-Library
libraries	I-Library
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPL	I-Application
licensing	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XBLite	B-Application
syntax	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
XBasic	B-Language
and	O
somewhat	O
similar	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
QuickBASIC	B-Language
in	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
procedural	B-Application
language	I-Application
capable	O
of	O
subs	O
and	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBLite	B-Application
also	O
has	O
64	O
bit	O
integer	O
data	O
type	O
,	O
User	O
Defined	O
Types	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
have	O
multiple	O
modules	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
GUI	O
applications	O
or	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBLite	B-Application
is	O
a	O
project	O
that	O
was	O
started	O
back	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
idea	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
language	O
that	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
XBasic	B-Language
project	O
that	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
exclusively	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
only	O
programming	O
language	O
and	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
release	O
boasted	O
both	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
(	O
to	O
either	O
the	O
language	O
itself	O
and/or	O
the	O
different	O
tools	O
that	O
are	O
available	O
with	O
the	O
XBLite	B-Application
project	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
version	O
2.4.0	O
is	O
the	O
current	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
version	O
1.30	O
of	O
XSEd	O
(	O
The	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
project	O
called	O
xpeeper	O
is	O
currently	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
XBLite	B-Application
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
aims	O
to	O
give	O
Peephole	O
optimization	O
technology	O
to	O
the	O
XBLite	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
distributed	O
with	O
XBLite	B-Application
since	O
XBLite	B-Application
version	O
2.3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
,	O
XBLite	B-Application
is	O
itself	O
written	O
in	O
XBLite	B-Application
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
self	O
hosting	O
compiler	B-Language
(	O
it	O
can	O
compile	B-Language
itself	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.1.0	O
,	O
XBLite	B-Application
incorporates	O
the	O
M4	B-Device
preprocessor	I-Device
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSEd	O
,	O
the	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
available	O
with	O
XBLite	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
XBLite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Scintilla	B-Language
project	O
,	O
a	O
widely	O
used	O
editing	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XSEd	O
is	O
a	O
full	O
featured	O
editor	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
XBLite	B-Application
source	O
code	O
modules	O
and	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
compile	B-Language
the	O
code	O
right	O
from	O
the	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
,	O
viXen	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
John	O
"	O
prujohn	O
"	O
Evans	O
,	O
who	O
released	O
version	O
0.50a	O
on	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
screen	O
designer	O
and	O
an	O
XBLite	B-Application
generator	O
:	O
viXen	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
prototype	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
GUI	O
application	O
before	O
coding	O
in	O
XBLite	B-Application
the	O
actual	O
functions	O
inside	O
the	O
generated	O
skeleton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBLite	B-Application
working	O
with	O
the	O
native	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
,	O
Callum	O
Lowcay	O
started	O
the	O
WinX	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
GUI	O
library	O
(	O
WinX.dll	O
)	O
written	O
in	O
XBLite	B-Application
that	O
"	O
wraps	O
"	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
useful	O
WinAPI	B-Library
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinX	O
simplifies	O
coding	O
Windows	B-Application
GUI	O
applications	O
in	O
XBLite	B-Application
by	O
providing	O
an	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XBLite	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
a	O
complete	O
set	O
of	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
is	O
a	O
classic	O
example	O
as	O
it	O
might	O
be	O
coded	O
in	O
XBLite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
