How to Build Your Terminator Brain

by Hanson Schmidt-Cornelius on September 10, 2015 2 comments

Do you like the Terminator films?

Would you like to build your own Terminator?

Here is a recipe for some of the components involved. As science is progressing, the two most challenging aspects to producing an autonomous agent like the Terminator are the energy supply and the processing capability that allow the Terminator to operate in a dynamic environment.

read more
Hanson Schmidt-CorneliusHow to Build Your Terminator Brain

How Editing Large Scripts is Faster!

by Peter Brett on September 3, 2015 1 comment

In LiveCode 8 DP 4, we added the exciting new ability to create HTML5 standalone apps that run in a web browser.  But that’s not the only new feature in the open source edition!

When editing very large scripts with lots of handlers, it can often be difficult to find the handler you want in the handler list view. Now you can use the filter field to quickly narrow down the options to the one you’re looking for.

read more
Peter BrettHow Editing Large Scripts is Faster!

How to Run Your App in a Browser with HTML5!

by Peter Brett on August 31, 2015 8 comments

The modern web browser has become a fully-featured application platform – and nearly everyone has one.  If you can write a program to run in a modern web browser, you know that it can be run anywhere with no need to install it.

As of now, you can deploy your LiveCode apps to the web. Welcome to HTML5.

read more
Peter BrettHow to Run Your App in a Browser with HTML5!

How the Business Application Framework Works

by Fraser Gordon on August 31, 2015 2 comments

Wish it was easier to write complex software?

Want an easier way to write applications?

The Business Application Framework (BAF) is a toolkit that assists writing complex software in LiveCode. It does this by making it easier to write applications using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. But what does this actually mean?

read more
Fraser GordonHow the Business Application Framework Works

How to Go to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

by Jana Doughty on August 18, 2015 7 comments

Have you ever been in a place where the population triples for 30 days and no one can walk anywhere faster than a trendy grandmother?

Have you ever had countless performers get in your face with flyers and pitches to see their shows?

Have you heard of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival?

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival takes over the city for the month of August. There are street musicians, buskers, open beer gardens, food trucks, DJs, dancers, acrobats, and living statues galore.

read more
Jana DoughtyHow to Go to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Readerly – Sean Miller

by Sean Miller on August 4, 2015 No comments

Are you a developer?

Are you an artist?

Have you ever considered that apps could be art?

I started my own app-as-art journey about a year and a half ago when I had an idea to build an app that would help students develop their critical reading skills. The biggest challenge in building this app (Readerly) has been in coming to terms with how monumental a task building—and marketing—an app can be.

With the idea for Readerly buzzing around in my head, I explored my development options and quickly discovered LiveCode was the ideal tool with which to build my app. Learning to code with LiveCode has helped me to appreciate that it’s possible to be more than just a consumer of other people’s apps. Now that I’m more familiar with the fundamentals of LiveCode as a development platform, my eyes are opened to a host of other possibilities for apps.

read more
Sean MillerReaderly – Sean Miller