Just a not so quick Thank You
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:04 pm
I wasn't sure where to post this, so I chose here. I apologize for the length of this post. If you don't want to read it, here's the summary - a big THANK YOU to those here who have taken time to help me!
LONG VERSION
I was big time into HyperCard many years ago. When Apple killed HyperCard (stupidest move ever,) I looked at MetaCard but couldn't afford it. I did a little work for Scott Raney and part of my compensation was a legal copy of MetaCard. Since then, I've been running an old copy of MetaCard 2.5 and using it almost every day to handle a whole lot of things at my work - I'm an IT type guy for a large school district in Florida.
ANYWAY, I lost interest in app development and my attention went elsewhere for a long time. Not too long ago I downloaded Revolution Media 4, and was delighted to find that it was fully functional for my needs - I couldn't roll out software on it, but building quick little stacks to accomplish day to day projects was totally possible. I stopped using MetaCard 2.5 and started using Revolution Media.
Then Revolution became LiveCode, and then added support for the iOS... and being in education, I see how the iPad is slowly getting into our schools and how wonderful it is, especially for young students. And I am predicting that the iPad is going to be a MASSIVE hit in education - Apple hasn't scratched the surface on education iPad sales yet.
My friend and I made an agreement for form a part time company and start writing for the iPad (and iPhone/iPod Touch.) I bought the Mac/Windows/iOS version of LiveCode, and started learning.
LiveCode is so superior to the old MetaCard! I've been delighted with it - the script editor alone is fantastic - and the documentation is very good. But my scripting skills are so rusty I'm having to relearn a ton of stuff. Which brings me, finally, to my point.
I have been asking questions in the various forums here and I am blown away by how wonderful this community is. I greatly appreciate everyone who has taken the time to answer my basic questions, and I look forward to eventually being able to contribute and share the knowledge. Once I feel like I know what I am doing! My partner and I are very close to having our first iPad app done, and these folks who have helped me have saved me countless hours.
So THANK YOU to all who have helped me so far, and to those who will help me in the future - I am fired up about programming again, thanks to LiveCode, and I plan on being a LiveCode developer for a long time to come.
LONG VERSION
I was big time into HyperCard many years ago. When Apple killed HyperCard (stupidest move ever,) I looked at MetaCard but couldn't afford it. I did a little work for Scott Raney and part of my compensation was a legal copy of MetaCard. Since then, I've been running an old copy of MetaCard 2.5 and using it almost every day to handle a whole lot of things at my work - I'm an IT type guy for a large school district in Florida.
ANYWAY, I lost interest in app development and my attention went elsewhere for a long time. Not too long ago I downloaded Revolution Media 4, and was delighted to find that it was fully functional for my needs - I couldn't roll out software on it, but building quick little stacks to accomplish day to day projects was totally possible. I stopped using MetaCard 2.5 and started using Revolution Media.
Then Revolution became LiveCode, and then added support for the iOS... and being in education, I see how the iPad is slowly getting into our schools and how wonderful it is, especially for young students. And I am predicting that the iPad is going to be a MASSIVE hit in education - Apple hasn't scratched the surface on education iPad sales yet.
My friend and I made an agreement for form a part time company and start writing for the iPad (and iPhone/iPod Touch.) I bought the Mac/Windows/iOS version of LiveCode, and started learning.
LiveCode is so superior to the old MetaCard! I've been delighted with it - the script editor alone is fantastic - and the documentation is very good. But my scripting skills are so rusty I'm having to relearn a ton of stuff. Which brings me, finally, to my point.
I have been asking questions in the various forums here and I am blown away by how wonderful this community is. I greatly appreciate everyone who has taken the time to answer my basic questions, and I look forward to eventually being able to contribute and share the knowledge. Once I feel like I know what I am doing! My partner and I are very close to having our first iPad app done, and these folks who have helped me have saved me countless hours.
So THANK YOU to all who have helped me so far, and to those who will help me in the future - I am fired up about programming again, thanks to LiveCode, and I plan on being a LiveCode developer for a long time to come.