Thanks James, I'm encouraged. Here goes... Graham
Sent from my iPhone > On 10 Jun 2016, at 04:42, James Hale <ja...@thehales.id.au> wrote: > > I concur with all the previous posters on this. > Just jump in. > I have been working slowly on an app since V6. > Hey, I'm retired and this is something I do to amuse myself. > Anyway, I have continued developing this app, adding bits and pieces to it > through all of lc6 and lc7. I would occasionally open it in one of the > lc8dp's to see how things were going but never really moved over to lc8 until > dp16. > This is not because of issues with the engine, more bugs in the IDE that got > in my way. > Indeed, it took about a dozen DP releases before I could get past the first > screen of my app. > Anyway, each time I tried I would find a bug here or there, submit a report > and then go back to lc7 until the next dp. > Since dp16 I have been satisfied that most of the issues have been sorted. > This has enabled me to begin to take advantage of lc8 only features such as > widgets. In fact the SVG widget being my favorite thus far as it has allowed > me to replace all my png graphics I had been using for button icons with nice > clean scalable ones. > In the process I have also been able to find a few bugs in the widget and get > them repaired. > This is probably the most rewarding aspect of using 8, being able to help > with ironing out remaining problems. > Well that plus knowing my app is using the best LC has to offer. > There are still some issues that need addressing but there will always be > something won't there. > > Just grab one of your current apps that you have a fondness for, open it in 8 > and start going though it. As Richard said, you will learn what you need to > learn, as you need it. That's part of the fun, isn't it? > > James > > _______________________________________________ > 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
