Big things are happening at LiveCode. On Thursday I gave a live keynote from the LiveCode Unconference in New York. We made several live announcements.
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A LiveCode Opportunity for the Greater Good
by Todd Fabacher on March 13, 2015 No commentsop·por·tu·ni·ty
ˌäpərˈt(y)o͞onədē/
a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
a chance for employment or promotion.
synonyms:Â Â favorable time/occasion/moment, right set of circumstances, opening, option, window (of opportunity), turn, go, possibility;
As a father of a son on the autism spectrum, I asked myself recently what I want most for my son as he begins to reach adulthood. The word that came to mind was opportunity. Opportunity to get a skill that will allow him to function in society.  When I look at the sad statistics that say only 56% of those on the autism spectrum graduate from high school and 80% of them are under or unemployed, I decided that I needed to do something not only for my child, but for the 500,000 families facing the same challenge.
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LiveCode, Communi, and Human Empowerment
by Phil England on March 11, 2015 No commentsSince graduating university, where I studied to be a biomedical engineer, I have experienced a potentially life-threatening skull injury, traded my original career path for a life dedicated to a different pursuit entirely, and experienced setbacks and failures one after another in order to learn how to succeed. (I’m sure that last bit sounds pretty familiar to anyone who has spent time programming!)
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Why You Should Build an App in a Day
by Elanor Buchanan on March 5, 2015 8 commentsOn Monday this week we ran the first in a series of App in a Day workshops in association with NHS England’s Code4Health Program.
Back in November, Kevin attended an NHS Open Source Open Day and took part in an app hack, which was the starting point for the App in a Day workshop.
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LiveCode in The Lab
by Heather Laine on March 3, 2015 3 commentsI had the pleasure of hearing from long time LiveCoder, Larry Walker, in regards to his recent successes with LiveCode. This is his story.
Thanks to a referral from the director of my local MakerSpace, I was contacted awhile back by a small, 2-person gene-splicing lab. Maybe not a typical potential client for most LiveCoders, but my town (home to the University of Wisconsin) is a hot-bed of genetics research and spin-off starts-ups, so no big surprise.
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Why You Should Spend (More) Time Submitting a Bug Report
by Panagiotis Merakos on February 27, 2015 3 commentsDuring the last few months, I have been working on the maintenance of LiveCode 6.7.x and LiveCode 7.0.x releases. This mainly involves fixing bugs. I have come across many different types of bug reports in terms of quality and clarity. In this post, I will describe how important is to provide a well-structured bug report as well as some tips on how to produce a high quality bug report.
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Keep Calm and Kanban
by Mildred Foo on February 25, 2015 7 comments
Konstantinos Blatzonis
by Jana Doughty on February 24, 2015 No comments“LiveCode allows you to design the UI and code your functions while seeing instantly what’s happening in the IDE. You can watch your app being put together piece by piece and becoming better and better.”
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