Multiplatform Revolution

[Thomas McGrath III]

Steve welcome back to the Mac. and welcome to the Revolution!!!

This is just my opinion: I was looking for a solution that would let  
me develop on the Mac in an upper level scripting language but  
deliver on the Mac and PC. Rev does it. Then I needed to track down  
some very specific PC only issues and so I have the license which  
allows me to run Rev on Windows and code there. Rev does it. You may  
not need to go that far and you can always upgrade your license if  
that becomes necessary.

I came from Supercard, which I loved, and found I could get up and  
running with Rev in a few weeks and was building my first 'real'  
application for our company in just under 5 weeks. I mean the bells  
and whistles type. There are a couple of differences that you need to  
learn between Rev/SC and the online videos help there as well as this  
list and there are some resources on the web.

I would suggest buying the cheapest version until you get a feel for  
Rev and then upgrading to what you need later. The same with updates/ 
support. As far as I know Dreamcard is the only one that does not  
deploy on multiple platforms, I think you buy the one for the  
platform you are on. I may be wrong though so check the RunRev site.

Truth be told, If you loved SC and yearn to develop for the other 90%  
of your clients (PC users) then you will fall in love with REV and  
you will end up buying the more expanded version. ;-) I did and won't  
turn back.

As far as updates, I let mine lapse after this big project came to  
completion and although I put it off I plan on updating in the next  
few weeks anyway. My thoughts are if I am making money with it then I  
need to support it, if I am playing with it then I don't need to go  
that far. Plus the updates and feature enhancements and bug fixes are  
worth it.

Not looking back,

Tom

P.S. Did I mention this list??? It is the single best resource you  
have available to you.


On Nov 25, 2005, at 8:36 AM, vampire at yahoo.com wrote:

> So far I am impressed by revolution. I'm somebody that is coming back
> to the mac after a decade. At one point in my life I loved HyperCard.
> Most of my clients are on PCs so if I end up using revolution I am
> going to need to byte the bullet and buy PC/Mac. Does getting a
> license for multi-platform entitle you to run the IDE on both
> platforms? I don't have a specific use for it yet so if I put out the
> money its a big investment for me at this point. How important would
> you say is buying the updates (support). Does RR get bug fixes often?
> Any other pointers? I was about to buy Supercard (mostly to toy with)
> which I love but not being able to run anything I develop for 90% of
> my clients seems like learning time not well spent.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
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