File picker should not have to be built in another language, in my opinion. Ask or Answer file SHOULD just work. Again, my opinion. This is LiveCode after all.
~Roger On Nov 24, 2016 10:49 AM, "Todd Fabacher" <tfabac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello LiveCode community, > > At Digital Pomegranate we are very excited about the update to LiveCode > HTML5. We already have several projects that we plan on using the platform > for. Since our LiveCode team has only a little experience in JavaScript, we > are thinking of creating a LiveCode.js. This will be both a LC substack > that wraps a Javascript function library which would be in a file named > LiveCode.js. > > Our thinking is it would have 5+ core functionalities that woul dbe shared > by most HTML5 apps. I think this would be a great community project and > help people who may not be so familiar with Javascript and can stay focused > on LiceCode. > > Communications > tsNet has given LiveCode async server communications, the good news is > Javascript has had this functionality for quite some time. We would need a > simple wrapper of the XMLHttpRequest functionality in LiveCode.js, so it > seems seamless in Livecode. > > I know LC can call the browser's javascript, but can the JS do a callback > to LiveCode? It would be great if we could do sockets in JS and create a > two way communications system. > > RestAPI services > I have seen recent notes about using revIgniter as a REST server, and there > are many other options available. We use mostly WP and the WP RestAPI. > > Remote Storage > Mark's LiveCloud is a great option and there are several different options. > As I said, we mostly use WP, but we also use Node.js w/ mongodb. The > LiveCode.js will just need a simple way of taking XML. JSON or an encoded > array and sending it to the remote storage of choice and returning the > values. > > Local Storage > The ability to create and use a local DB within the local browser. My > understanding is that LC HTML5 will not because to utilize the database > library, so we will have to use Javascript localStorage. We just need to > create a controller that will connect LC to create, read and write to the > local DB. Javascript even has a way to store the DB and can be accessed for > the next session. > > http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_webstorage.asp > > File Picker & Uploaded > Not use how to do this in HTML5, but we will need a way to select a file > and upload it to a server. We could use an HTML+JS dialog box to do it. > > Best, > > Todd > _______________________________________________ > 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
