There is a whole lot more at http://lessons.livecode.com. While these
aren't videos, the amount of info there is impressive and lessons are added
all the time.
Personally I find written instructions much easier to follow and they don't
require me to spend extra time watching a video and needing to
run/pause/run/search for the section I want to review.
The lessons site should be prominently displayed in the Help menu.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On February 14, 2021 11:27:24 AM ELS Prothero via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Curry,
Your comments echo some of my experiences with Livecode. In olden times,
when I realized that I could significantly improve my students’ learning by
enlisting computers, I began with HyperCard, went to Supercard, and when it
failed at cross platform, I went to Macromedia Director. I’ve programmed
in FORTRAN, Pascal. When Adobe bought and killed Director, I switched my
coding to LiveCode.
I still miss Director. It’s animation capabilities and web deployment with
a plug-in were excellent. Of course, plug-ins are obsolete and mobile
support has become mandatory. The big selling point that is front and
center is: English like language. I find that a very weak claim, unless all
I want to do is write “Hello World” when I click a button. To do anything
non-trivial, you need to delve into coder world. Yes, it is enormously
helpful at building user interfaces. Deployment is an enormous pain, with
ever changing security challenges. The help files are great at the most
trivial tasks, but to do beyond can be challenging. That said, I am
committed to Livecode and congratulate the dev team for their accomplishments.
I would like to see:
Better help files that go deeper. Have you seen MacMost.com? This is a guy
who produces quicky videos for free, and offers more detailed courses for a
modest subscription fee. I don’t know whether there are enough potential
clients for this, but what if a small team of live coders created something
like this that would create modest size youtube videos that both bring in
new users and take them to the next level with video, sample projects, and
text materials? Perhaps the mothership could support and advise while user
Fees pass to the authors. Just thinking.
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