Hi Richard,
Ye Sir! Your tone and attitude, as well as the content reflect exactly
that of my mentor. He's been at it about two years. He goes by "Doc."
At least that was his moniker when I became acquainted with him. He's a
great guy!
Thanks for the encouragement.
Fair winds,
Calvin
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Richard Gaskin <mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>
Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:40 PM
Welcome aboard, Calvin.
Calvin Waterbury wrote:
Yep. I understand that's sometimes shocking to VB devs, and more so
to folks who've used TookBook, which throws DLLs and .tb files all
over the system (I liked many things about ToolBook, but their
installation complexity wasn't one of them).
The LiveCode engine packs a lot into its modest 2.5MB size, and has no
dependencies on anything else except for any optional DLL externals
you may choose to use.
The most frequent tech support question I get from the institutional
customers I support is from IT staffers who can't believe that
installing our LiveCode-based app is as simple as we describe it.
When I tell them it has no dependencies on any DLLs, and runs on every
Win system from 2000 through 7, they still keep asking, "What else
does it need to install?"
When I finally convince them to to just try using the simple
instructions we provide, most of the time they write me back with
something like, "Wow, so simple. Never seen anything like that."
This is one of the benefits of cross-platform computing, at least with
LiveCode. While multiple DLL dependencies are common in Windows apps,
Linux handles things differently and Mac users have no patience with
that sort of thing.
Yes, using LiveCode is definitely weird, but in the literal sense: of
or pertaining to the supernatural. :)
It can be a mind-bender to get used to, but once you do I suspect
you'll find a lot of things surprisingly easy.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com
LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv
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