How I built a Mobile App in LiveCode and Took Over the World

by Alan Green on February 12, 2021 15 comments

I’ve had an idea for an app for a few years now, and made one or two abortive attempts at writing it.  I’d get so far, maybe put a few screen mock-ups together, write a bit of code, run into some walls like “How would do I do this?” or “How would that work?”, and then with the daily grind, family responsibilities and life in general, I’d run out of steam and give up.

The Pandemic – a Positive?

Now you wouldn’t think that a pandemic could have a positive and beneficial effect, but oddly enough it did.  I think people in general re-evaluated their work, their lives and their priorities.  Many of us started working from home, which might have its frustrations, but also its benefits. Personally, I gained by not having a 1 hour commute each morning and each evening, and this, amongst other things, gave me the breathing space and clarity to re-start my app development.

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Alan GreenHow I built a Mobile App in LiveCode and Took Over the World

LiveCode 2021 / 2022 New Course Content Announced

by Steven Crighton on February 5, 2021 No comments

If you’ve been following our 2021 and 2022 online and live conference campaign you’ll know that we’re getting close to the end. There are just 4 days left at the time of writing this blog post for you to sign up. We’re thrilled to announce some exciting new topics for the online course which starts in March 2021.

Show me the good stuff…

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Steven CrightonLiveCode 2021 / 2022 New Course Content Announced

My Extended LC Family

by Heather Laine on July 2, 2020 7 comments

There are upsides and downsides to having an extended LiveCode family.

On the positive side, the outpouring of support from our customers, old and new, during this campaign (Covid-19 LiveCode Impact Fund) has been cheering, encouraging, and heartwarming. On the negative side, I know so many of you personally, you’ve been with us for so many years, and I’m anxious for your welfare and that of your businesses. Covid-19 has hit everyone, everywhere, no-one is unaffected. I hear about businesses on a knife-edge, and my good friends either catching the virus themselves or having near and dear ones hospitalised. All I can say is – hang in there! We’ll get through this together.

It seems like the vast majority of you are riding out the storm, one way or another. Tech companies are resilient, and our customer base is made up of some amazing characters with determination and a vision for the future.

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Heather LaineMy Extended LC Family

LiveCode 9.6 Released

by Steven Crighton on June 1, 2020 No comments

We are excited to announce today the release of LiveCode 9.6.0 stable. This release comes with more than 120 changes since the last stable release (9.5.1) including the following features and bug fixes…

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Steven CrightonLiveCode 9.6 Released

LiveCode + Covid-19

by Steven Crighton on May 20, 2020 No comments

These are strange and difficult times. Thanks to COVID-19 we at LiveCode Ltd. are all now working from home, and staying together as a company via Zoom and Slack.

I’m sure many of you are in the same boat, quarantined or semi-quarantined, and trying to keep going without the usual levels of face to face support and company. We’ve been talking about how we can all support each other during this time. We have come up with two options.

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Steven CrightonLiveCode + Covid-19

Making the Tiger Roar!

by Steven Crighton on April 30, 2020 No comments

Calling all parents, grandparents, aunties & uncles! We have a couple of hours worth of free entry-level learning courses where you can introduce the kids in your life to coding. Work with them to make the tigers roar or the piano play in our SoundBoard LiveCode learning courses…

During these times maybe you are searching for educational ways to keep your kids entertained, or ideas to stay connected with your grandkids or nieces and nephews remotely. We’ve got something that can help.

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Steven CrightonMaking the Tiger Roar!

Fence Painting or Coding Challenges?

by Steven Crighton on April 8, 2020 12 comments

It’s true for many of us that we have extra time on our hands at the moment. That extra time presents the opportunity to start or finish those tasks you’ve always been meaning to do. For me that could have been finally getting round to painting the garden fence five years after it was put up (unpainted), clearing out the garage, or sorting out my junk room – I mean spare room! I can confirm that after what has been about a month of me being at home I have not started any of those jobs. I have however tried to build a mini-golf course in my back garden and, which you may be more interested in hearing about, got stuck into some coding challenges.

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Steven CrightonFence Painting or Coding Challenges?