Proton+ and PicBasicpro

[Rob Martin]

A friend of mine has just bought the Proton+ software and it sound like an upgrade from PicBasicPro. (I know it's not as such but is it better)
Has anybody had any experience with both? Is it worth the £150.00

I have a few large projects written in PBP are these importable into Proton or do I have to start coding again?

Any thoughts are welcome

Rob

[mister_e]

That's a dangerous question to ask here or on the other camp... BTW.

Is it better or not?

Depending what you think it's better. Yes it provide more built-in function than PBP like Keypad, some GLCD support, Trig and few more. Is it better because of it? It's up to you to answer to that.

Once you played with PBP and build your own routine that work great... why changing to another. It's My own opinion and i'm not going to start another Heated debate.

I'd tried Proton in the past and stop using it like some user here for various reasons.

BTW it's not too hard to translate from PBP to Proton. There's a few difference in the coding. They provide a demo version (maybe too much limited for serious evaluation but... it's free).

Is it an upgrade of PBP? As it's not made by the same company, it's not. PBP will always be an upgrade of PBC.

Yeah i know that i'm not really clear but... too easy to start flames here... as we saw many times in the past. You can even do a search with PROTON in this board to see some comments on.

Good luck and think more than twice before doing your move. It's still your cash

Ralph ?

[NavMicroSystems]

Rob, it is your decission.

All I can tell is:

I'm using PBP for a couple of years now and it is rock-solid.

I have purchased PDS as well and have tried to migrate some of my PBP projects to PDS with no luck.
(i.e. multiple I2C buses were not supported in PDS)

I have stopped using PDS, so has Steve, and I know some other serious developers that have stopped using it.

I'm not saying one is better than the other, it is just that PDS was the wrong tool for my applications.

[Rob Martin]

Thanks for the replies Guys.

I had no intention of starting a flame war and assumed that most people on here are sensible (from my experience).

I guess i'm looking for the easy option to those coding nightmares.

I'd still like to hear from anyone who has tried both. I did download the lite version and it did import some of my codes but I'm not convinced yet.


Rob

[Melanie]

I have also tried Proton however I don't use it.

My boss, who on a scale of knowledge makes me look like an amateur, expressly forbade it's use.

For all projects using PICs I use MeLabs PICBasic Pro exclusively.

We have ZERO software issues with our products and everyone sleeps at night.

[Charles Linquis]

Melanie,

I can't imagine anyone knowing a lot more than you do, so I'm curious. Is it appropriate to ask who you work for and at what company?