I really enjoy writing tests. It’s great to ensure that a new piece of functionality will never be broken, or that a bug will never be reintroduced. It’s doubly satisfying when something previously untestable becomes testable, when a certain level of struggle or ingenuity is required to work out how to test something, or when a

With the release of LiveCode 9.0 DP 7, the amount you can do with the android API has been significantly increased. Firstly, it is possible to use LiveCode Builder to respond to user events, which essentially allows the Android native control syntax (mobileControlCreate, mobileControlSet etc) to be replaced with draggable widget objects and standard LiveCode syntax.

try{Typekit.load({ async: true });}catch(e){} MARK WADDINGHAM CTO of LiveCode The Story of Infinite LiveCode Thursday August 17th 6PM BST Following a successful Feature Exchange campaign, our team set to work to deliver ‘Infinite LiveCode’ - the goal being to add the ability to access any platform API from within LiveCode itself via the LiveCode Builder

In this example, we show you how to implement audio recording on Android using the new Java FFI capabilities in the latest DP of LiveCode 9. The first step in figuring out how to create an Android audio recording library is to figure out what classes and methods are needed, which is tantamount to having

LiveCode 9.0.0 DP-6 has just been released, and is the first developer preview containing the Java Foreign Function Interface (FFI). We’re thrilled to be bringing you this exciting first part of the Infinite LiveCode project. It’s been a longish road to get here and as is typical with such large and complex software projects, there

Over the last month, we’ve been working hard on our next feature release, LiveCode 9.  Today we’re making a new developer preview available, including a powerful new capability for HTML5 development, and a completely rewritten LiveCode Builder virtual machine.

Current progress Since the Infinite LiveCode project was funded we have been hard at work with all the unglamorous but important preparation needed to make it possible, including refactoring the LiveCode Builder virtual machine. We have also made significant progress on the Java foreign function interface (FFI) that sits between the LiveCode Builder world and the Java

Today we’re releasing the first developer preview of our next feature release, LiveCode 9.  In addition to stability improvements, there are some really neat new features to dig into. From LiveCode 9, we’ll also be changing the way we number LiveCode releases.