Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > I’m still trying to wrap my head around the use cases where a widget > will be clearly superior architecture.
Widgets are a great choice when you're making a GUI element you expect to share with other developers for use across a wide range of applications. They're easier to share and to update.
And if you need to use OS API calls, LC Builder is your go-to choice for that, such as a Widget that implements a control that takes on standard OS-savvy appearances on both iOS and Android.
Editable text is not currently supported in Widgets, but that'll likely come down the road. For now GUI elements needing editable text would need to be Custom Controls.
For myself, most of the CCs I make are application-specific. They're easy enough to make in LC Script that the benefit of doing so is a non-brainer. For ad hoc gadgets, like anything else in LC Script they're a breeze to make.
I think Kevin said best back in August in a discussion of when to choose LCS and LCB:
I think this is a really important principal. Always use the highest level language you can for any given project. Offering that very high level language option is a big part of LiveCode's reason for being. Previously our primary choices were between LiveCode Script and a lower level language such as C. Now we have a third choice, an intermediate LiveCode Builder. Its much faster [to develop in] than C but slower than Script. It is going to excel at certain tasks. However we should always choose to use it only when it offers clear advantages above LiveCode Script for the project that outweigh the extra level of effort needed to use it. I know its very tempting having added a whole new language to build everything in that, but we must carefully resist that temptation and use it judiciously, only for what it is best at. <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2015-August/217848.html> -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ 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
