Re: Another way of approaching LC8

Thanks James, I'm encouraged. Here goes... Graham Sent from my iPhone > On 10 Jun 2016, at 04:42, James Hale 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

Re: Another way of approaching LC8

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

Re: Another way of approaching LC8?

Graham - what I've just done is signed on to the $49 Conference offer as it includes one month of email access to the LC gurus, unlimited questions but one month only. I'm hoping that will help me with learning LC 8 plus help me out in other ways. sims On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Graham

Re: Another way of approaching LC8?

On 9.06.2016 17:33, Richard Gaskin wrote: Graham Samuel wrote: > Having been burnt by the BMI Calculator example, what would listers > suggest as the shortest way to get familiar with LC8 without reading > an enormous amount of text? I would count myself as a pretty > experienced LiveCode

Re: Another way of approaching LC8?

Well, I'm just playing with it in my spare time: that's how I learnt Hypercard, Toolbook, Director, and Runtime Revolution 1.1.1 (that's Livecode to you). I have never found books on how to program make any sense whatsoever to me; and that is one of the reasons (apart from innate idleness) that

Re: Another way of approaching LC8?

Graham Samuel wrote: > Having been burnt by the BMI Calculator example, what would listers > suggest as the shortest way to get familiar with LC8 without reading > an enormous amount of text? I would count myself as a pretty > experienced LiveCode programmer, so that’s where I’m starting from. >

Another way of approaching LC8?

Having been burnt by the BMI Calculator example, what would listers suggest as the shortest way to get familiar with LC8 without reading an enormous amount of text? I would count myself as a pretty experienced LiveCode programmer, so that’s where I’m starting from. Maybe I should just take an