I second (3rd and 4th too) Richard's plea. Deployment is a killer. Bill William A. Prothero, PhD Prof Emeritus, Dept of Earth Science University of California, Santa Barbara
> On Oct 13, 2023, at 10:47 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > We see it here in this list. We see it in the forums. We see it wherever app > deployment is discussed: > > OS requirements for packaging/stapling/signing apps are onerous. > > At the edge of, and sometimes exceeding, being prohibitively so. > > There's no point in making a standalone if you can't ship it. > > If pro devs with decades of experience struggle with this, newcomers will run > screaming. > > SIMPLIFYING DEPLOYMENT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. > > Pardon the all-caps. I rarely use them. But this is important. > > Simplifying deployment is more important than "AI". > Simplifying deployment is more important than "nocode". > > It is the single biggest pain point. > > And so it is the single biggest opportunity. > > Fulfill the promise of "Everyone can code": focus on simplifying deployment. > > Step 1: Acquire Matthias' great tool. > > Step 2: Enhance it for current requirements across platforms. > > Step 3: Look for every opportunity to further simplify the process, and take > it, at least one more simplification with each new build. > > This is important. It really is. > > -- > > And no, web export will not magically save things. Even when that becomes > truly production-ready, it's only for web apps. Not everything needs to be a > web app. > > There are a hundred ways to make web apps. > > There are few ways to make cross-platform native apps. > > And almost none that rival what LC can do on the desktop. > > Play into strengths. Make native deployment the best it can be. > > When that's done, only then resume work on more peripheral features. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > > _______________________________________________ > 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
