100% the biggest problem I have in my business. Have been stuck on iOS for months. Android and Windows is kind of OK, but still more can be done. Agree. Would pay for a solution that just works.
On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM Mark Smith via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > +1, > > I totally agree this is really important (and really hard to keep up > with). But Apple should take some of the responsibility for this. With the > resources at their disposal they should be able to create a simpler and > easier way to execute deployment without sacrificing security and > authenticity. > > Very well said. I should add that I have also been using Kee Nethery’s > instructions for signing Mac apps and it has been a godsend. I have not > quite yet gotten to the point of deploying to the App Store (with it) but > that will be the next step. > > Mark > > > > On 13 Oct 2023, at 7:49 pm, William Prothero via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > I second (3rd and 4th too) Richard's plea. Deployment is a killer. > > Bill > > > > William A. Prothero, PhD > > Prof Emeritus, Dept of Earth Science > > University of California, Santa Barbara > > > >> On Oct 13, 2023, at 10:47 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> > >> We see it here in this list. We see it in the forums. We see it > wherever app deployment is discussed: > >> > >> OS requirements for packaging/stapling/signing apps are onerous. > >> > >> At the edge of, and sometimes exceeding, being prohibitively so. > >> > >> There's no point in making a standalone if you can't ship it. > >> > >> If pro devs with decades of experience struggle with this, newcomers > will run screaming. > >> > >> SIMPLIFYING DEPLOYMENT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. > >> > >> Pardon the all-caps. I rarely use them. But this is important. > >> > >> Simplifying deployment is more important than "AI". > >> Simplifying deployment is more important than "nocode". > >> > >> It is the single biggest pain point. > >> > >> And so it is the single biggest opportunity. > >> > >> Fulfill the promise of "Everyone can code": focus on simplifying > deployment. > >> > >> Step 1: Acquire Matthias' great tool. > >> > >> Step 2: Enhance it for current requirements across platforms. > >> > >> Step 3: Look for every opportunity to further simplify the process, and > take it, at least one more simplification with each new build. > >> > >> This is important. It really is. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> And no, web export will not magically save things. Even when that > becomes truly production-ready, it's only for web apps. Not everything > needs to be a web app. > >> > >> There are a hundred ways to make web apps. > >> > >> There are few ways to make cross-platform native apps. > >> > >> And almost none that rival what LC can do on the desktop. > >> > >> Play into strengths. Make native deployment the best it can be. > >> > >> When that's done, only then resume work on more peripheral features. > >> > >> -- > >> Richard Gaskin > >> Fourth World Systems > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
