I programmed this Multitask Editor when I was a boy, just to gain experience. It wasn't a real necessity: even at the beginning of the 90s there were text editors, and very high-performance ones at that.
For example, Microsoft Word for DOS was born back in 1983, with its version 1.0. At the end of 1992, when I programmed my Multitask Editor, Microsoft Word was already at version 5.5, and I owned version 5.0.
I have always been convinced that experimentation is important, in all fields. In particular, I am referring to the sectors dearest to me: electronics and information technology. Attempting to imitate more famous software, even just to try, not only allows you to learn to program, but also helps to create more usable and pleasant user interfaces.
Very often, especially recently, it happens to come across software that is really not very usable. La domanda che mi pongo è sempre la stessa: "Ma chi ha programmato il software, l'ha mai utilizzato?".
Obviously we all know the answer: no! Only the most serious companies carry out accurate tests and evaluate user experience. Other companies, however, are only focused on reducing the time to market. This means, unfortunately, having software (but also hardware), more and more inconvenient to use and with more and more defects.
In my opinion, to plan properly, you must first do it with passion, dedicating the necessary time to the project. Programs must be constantly tested, both during programming and even later.
Returning to my Multitask Editor project, the software allowed, like any other text editor, to create, load and save text files. Additionally, my program had the ability to load external text files for inclusion within the document, as well as save parts of the document's text to external files.
Programming language: Microsoft QuickBASIC.
Project start: December 1992. State: for personal use.
