Winning with LiveCode: Using LiveCode to run a city council election campaign

by Mark Wieder on December 9, 2022 4 comments

LiveCode has many uses. Something it excels at is processing data from all kinds of sources to provide sensible insights and actionable outcomes. This is an example of such a use.

The Project

Recently I was involved in a city council election campaign. For the campaign we divided up our district precincts into smaller turfs of about 100 houses each. That way we could give our canvassers a reasonable-sized area to cover in a reasonable amount of time. We wanted to get a sense of how effective our efforts were.

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Mark WiederWinning with LiveCode: Using LiveCode to run a city council election campaign

Power Tools

by Mark Wieder on August 15, 2022 No comments

One of the great things about LiveCode is how flexible it is. You can build your own custom IDE elements to optimize your work flow, or you can try out tools created by other LiveCoders. PowerTools is one such tool.

An Alternative Tools Palette

PowerTools is a drop-in replacement plugin for the IDE’s tool palette. It’s an upgrade in three areas:

  • Separation of controls / graphics / widgets
  • Persistent graphic tool properties
  • Widget visualization and organization
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Mark WiederPower Tools