Preferred Multi-Platform Development Method

[J. Landman Gay]

Derek Bump - Dreamscape Software wrote:
> I'm just curious, but for those of you who have an Enterprise license,
> how do you develop your stacks/standalones for multiple platforms?
> 
> Do you keep each platform separate and write the same stack for each
> platform itself?  Or do you have 1 stack file and use Property Profiles
> and platform() functions to determine functionality?

Keeping separate copies pretty much removes the advantage of Rev's 
cross-platform development capabilites. And invariably you'll find if 
you do that, you'll forget to update one of the copies and it will break.

I do what Richard does, forking code as needed, which is required for 
only a few things. I too have an "init" handler that manages platform 
display differences when the app launches. Other than that, very little 
forking is usually necessary.

I develop almost exclusively on my Mac for most of the project. When the 
stack is almost ready, I open it in the Windows version of the IDE for 
testing and final tweaking. I build for both platforms on the Mac, then 
test again in Windows to make sure all went well, which is true most of 
the time. Most of the Mac/Windows issues show up when I test the stack 
near the end of the development process.

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