That's a pretty cool reference site - nice! B)
On 10/06/2014 20:02, Simon Smith wrote:
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
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