Hi Richard I would be happy to contribute to LCJ and it will be interesting to see what you have setup.
Writing a book would be a mammoth task - and I for one, would not be certain just how large a target market there would be, so they would truly be a labour of love :) But for now - this is something I have been dabbling with, http://activethought.net/livecode-server/ its far from complete and hopefully not to many errors and spelling mistakes. It is probably a bit on the simple side - but if it helps one person, then I would be happy. Kind Regards Simon On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Dar wrote: > > My immediate need would not be a way to deliver web content, but just > > as a way to make a console application on Windows. But, I can see > > the former in my future. > > There are so many useful and interesting things to do with LiveCode > Server, and even standalones on servers, it's almost overwhelming. > > These days a majority of the work I do is making client-server apps where > LiveCode runs both sides. I currently have only one site where LC is used > to generate output for the Web - everything else is either APIs for other > services, or the backend for LC-based clients used in workgroup settings. > > Given the wide range of ways LC is useful on servers, with all due respect > to the ambitions of those interested in writing a book on it, it would be a > big one. > > Last month I outlined my plans for the LiveCode Server Center, in the > works for LiveCode Journal now that I finally put a CMS in place there (and > of course the CMS is made with LiveCode, all the way down to the data > store): > <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2014-May/201516.html> > > As I wrote then, I don't mean to discourage anyone from writing a book, > and indeed there is likely a good audience for it. > > But given the scope of what LC Server can do, and the many other aspects > that come into play with using it well (the critical role of performance in > the inherently-short CGI runtime lifecycle, how mod_rewrite works, SSH > keys, bash, rsync, custom servers like looping CLI daemons and simpler GUI > apps, REST API design, and more), it would be nice if there were also a > community-driven effort to provide as much material as we can in a format > that's as free and open as LiveCode itself. > > That said, books also play a useful role in evangelizing LiveCode as a > platform, esp. when they come from established publishers. A good > publisher can do wonders for reinforcing a strong image of LiveCode and its > ever-expanding third-party ecosystem. I have some contacts at publishers > and would be happy to provide introductions if useful. > > And the upside for book publishing is that with RunRev's newsletters > having displaced much of the energy that used to go into LiveCode Journal, > at this point LCJ is mostly a one-man show. Being heavily booked with > client commitments, devoting time to fleshing out what can go there has > been challenging, and somewhat slow. > > Still, I felt obliged to note what's coming with the LiveCode Server > Center at LCJ (hopefully sooner than later), and to extend an invitation > for anyone interested in sharing free learning materials to consider > LiveCodeJournal.com as an available venue for community resources, not only > for LiveCode Server but anything else you feel would be of interest to the > community. > > We have all the infrastructure Dreamhost provides, and plenty of disk > space and bandwidth, all there for use by the LiveCode community. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > LiveCode Community Manager > rich...@livecode.org > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
