David Bovill wrote:
I think we have an issue with the way we think of LiveCode and in particular the IDE. We picture it as a CMS or an opinionated IDE. How about thinking of it like a minimal core engine (or set of engines), and installable components that can provide authoring and editing capabilities if needed?
A more modular IDE architecture has been hoped for here for more than a decade, and is finally coming about:
My understanding is that's exactly what they're doing now, factoring the IDE from its current monolithic form into a set of components that work with a slender core and are interchangeable with community-made components if desired.
Might be nice if they considered a hierarchical binding as I discussed here last month( <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2015-October/219830.html> ), but even if we have to subscribe to every individual message it's a big step forward.
More like Node + Node Package Manager (npm) + Express? So we would have the engines - JavaScript, and various platforms, we would have a package manager, and maybe a good minimal reference app. npm install livecode
Peter and I discussed this a while back and my understanding is that any UI delivered to manage components will be driven by library commands, similar to rpm or apt, so others in the community can build alternatives and extensions on top of them just as they can with inspectors, object browsers, script editors, etc.
Geoff Canyon wrote:
I have no objection to the overall concept, but I'd suggest one thing: with many development environments, getting stated involves many steps. One of the great things about LC is that you download an installer, hit install, open the IDE, and start developing. Any modification to the IDE should try to maintain that simplicity.
My understanding is that most folks will never see the difference. 80% of software user never change default preferences, and while power users will enjoy being able to mix and match components the average developer should be able to just install the IDE and get to work with a good tool set ready to go.
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