+1 On Mar 8, 2017 7:42 PM, "Andre Garzia via use-livecode" < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > Besides, this is not > > debugging, this is remote debugging, and if anything screams "premium", > > it's a feature like this. Anyone who has been building for mobile since > we > > could do that with LC has been working with their own personal debugging > > hacks. You can debug mobile, on the device, without this tool. > > > > Hey Mike, > > I completely disagree with this notion that having a debugger is a premium > feature. As you say, anyone who was building mobile was crafting helpers to > help debug their creations but this is not the same as stepping through the > code with a debugger. > > Lets not mix the act of debugging an app (removing bugs) with having a real > debugger. For example, for ages Web Developers filled their code with > alert() dialogs and console.log() calls which is much like we do with LC on > mobile, but, all browsers these days ship real debuggers and both Chrome > and Firefox ship with remote debuggers, heck Firefox alone can debug iOS > Safari from Desktop Linux. > > Remote debuggers are not a fancy premium feature. Android Studio (which is > the free oficial IDE) has a remote debugger. Visual Studio has remote > debugger. Phonegap has a remote debugger. Corona SDK has a remote debugger. > Basically everyone that is shipping mobile apps has a remote debugger and > is not charging a premium on it. > > An Indy License costs more than 500 USD per year. Thats not peanuts, thats > a solid investment, not allow people who make such investment from having a > normal standard tool for mobile app development is crazy! LC on mobile is > already buggy enough on the engine side, having this debugger would have > the side effect of making it easier for us to contribute bug recipes for > example. Lots of time here we loose a precious amount of time trying to > identify if the bug is on our side of the code or the engine since we can't > step through it. > > > > -- > http://www.andregarzia.com -- All We Do Is Code. > http://fon.nu -- minimalist url shortening service. > _______________________________________________ > 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