Re: Using stackoverflow.com

Hi, I'm sorry for the meandering, unfocused ran/stream of consciousness below but .. I agree with all the sentiments so far, and I can empathise with Mark and Todd about people who "Know" that everything must be written in C++ , Java or Python. - Livecode is a "baby language" according to

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

On 8/15/2018 2:10 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: > This is a really good point. It *should* be trivial to put anything you've > worked on in LC onto GitHub. Like a *lot* of software (in fact I would argue all software), GIT is easy if you know it and hard if you do not. Everything has a

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

Ah, topics are the key concept. Glad that now Navigator is associated with LiveCode on GitHub... On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:59 AM Warren Samples via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:10:57 -0700 > Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: > > > And done!

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:10:57 -0700 Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: > And done! Is there a way to tag repositories on GitHub by language, so it's > easy to find all LC repos? https://help.github.com/articles/working-with-tags/ https://github.com/topics/livecode

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:10 AM Geoff Canyon wrote: > > The process wasn't too painful: > > 1. Create a new repository on GitHub > 2. Pick a spot on my computer and clone the repository using GitKraken > 3. Use Navigator (shameless self promotion!) to export the script I wrote > into a

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:08 PM Todd Fabacher via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > 1. Not sufficient 3rd party tools with a viable marketplace [also little on > Git]. If we have all these old LC scripts and they are open source, why > don't we just put them on git??? >

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

> On 14 Aug 2018, at 5:08 am, Todd Fabacher via use-livecode > wrote: > > Just curious...Why are these questions NOT being put on stackoverflow.com > ? > This is now people, companies, and publications rank languages these days. I was trying to encourage questions

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

I think GitHub could be a great place to store/share stacks. Here is an example of what is possible: https://github.com/bwmilby/lc-misc/tree/master/NestedDGBehavior That is a binary stack but includes a readme.md that links to a screen shot and all scripts are exported from the stack and are

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

agreed on all points . Re LC Share...Had I not fallen in love with Livecode due to its cosmic arrival in my life i would have clicked the x and never gone back as soon as i saw the examples on lc share. its so incredibly underwhelming. i think its something that must be improved, down

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

On 08/13/2018 12:08 PM, Todd Fabacher via use-livecode wrote: Also, we have two clients who select NOT to have us use LiveCode this month. Been there. Several times. I feel your pain. 1. Not sufficient 3rd party tools with a viable marketplace [also little on Git]. If we have all these old

Re: Using stackoverflow.com

I have heard of and use (occasionally) stackoverflow.com Never heard of Slant and I'm not sure that in this day and age of paid marketing disguised as "independent" reviews, that I would trust ANY website for product recommendations that I or someone I trust had not personally tried. Just one

Using stackoverflow.com

Just curious...Why are these questions NOT being put on stackoverflow.com? This is now people, companies, and publications rank languages these days. I think I have seen a post on people asking before, but it seems self-defeating to keep these post in the format. The new kids on the block and the