A LiveCode Opportunity for the Greater Good

by Todd Fabacher on March 13, 2015 No comments

op·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:   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 comments

Since 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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LiveCode in The Lab

by Heather Laine on March 3, 2015 3 comments

I 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 comments

During 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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Breaking the Rules: Female Dominated Company Wins Tech Contest Entering the Global App Market

by LiveCode Team on February 20, 2015 2 comments

The technology world is a male-dominated industry (except for a few famous female CEOs and several successful girl coders). While male coders still get surprised seeing female programmers at the next desk, more and more girls are taking math exams to enter the IT departments of universities. This means the tech industry is changing and those changes will be evident soon.

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Trade Shows – Are they worth the Expense Report?

by JoJo Hernandez on February 18, 2015 1 comment

To Trade Show, or Not to Trade Show? Now that is often the question!

I know a lot of people have varying thoughts on Trade Shows. Should I attend? Is it worth me trekking X miles across the country (often to another country or even continent) to hear a lot of “Sales Chat?” My answer to this is always: Yes.

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