> In my own personal and subjective experience, LiveCode shines when you are > building desktop applications, or combining desktop applications with > server-side solutions. > With LC you can ship a whole suite of desktop and mobile apps that act as > companions to the business your client is doing while still delivering a > webapp as the user facing part of your contract.
This is a truth bomb. LiveCode server solution: At the beginning of the pandemic, I used LiveCode server to setup a beer delivery system for my cousin’s brewery. Users put in their address, I use a Google Maps API to check driving distance (to make sure they are close enough and charge the appropriate delivery fee), once location is verified I use an Untappd API to query their tap list and filter out drafts (because this for to-go only), then let the consumer choose the quantity and place their order. NO payments are going through this system, they already had a 3rd party vendor they used for that. https://www.midwestcoastmedia.com/beta_ltd/delivery.html <https://www.midwestcoastmedia.com/beta_ltd/delivery.html> LiveCode solution: While it may not fully fit the spectrum of your question, I’m working on a website right now powered by LiveCode. I have a custom backend interface for my client to make changes in (PC app). They upload data to a LiveCloud account (not an official Mothership tool, but a great database resource built on/for Livecode). That database data is then used to piece together a website. I found an HTML5 template from Envato Marketplace and licensed it for ~$20USD, modified the template site Dreamweaver to match my client’s branding, then chopped it up into little chunks that get collated together. LiveCode server is only really triggered when using one of the forms; the page is .html but the form action POSTs to .lc which fires off an email after checking for SPAM. This same data, and the desktop backed that powers it, supplies all the content for a companion mobile app (iOS and Android) that I am also building in LiveCode. Some mobile specific options are taken advantage of here like Local/Push Notifications. Project hasn’t officially launched yet, but you can take a sneak peek @ https://www.whitestownparks.org/ <https://www.whitestownparks.org/> —Andrew Bell _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
