Don't know why I didn't see Richard's post in my email, but +1 too. Bob S
-----Original Message----- From: use-livecode <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com> On Behalf Of Klaus major-k via use-livecode Sent: Friday, October 13, 2023 10:53 AM To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Klaus major-k <kl...@major-k.de> Subject: Re: Deployment: a plea/opportunity Bravo, Richard, you are so right, bravo! > Am 13.10.2023 um 19:46 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > 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 -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de https://www.major-k.de/bass kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ 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
