Learning about server

[Simon Smith]

Hi Richard

I would be happy to contribute to LCJ and it will be interesting to see
what you have setup.

Writing a book would be a mammoth task - and I for one, would not be
certain just how large a target market there would be, so they would truly
be a labour of love :)

But for now - this is something I have been dabbling with,
http://activethought.net/livecode-server/ its far from complete and
hopefully not to many errors and spelling mistakes. It is probably a bit on
the simple side - but if it helps one person, then I would be happy.

Kind Regards
Simon

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
wrote:

> Dar wrote:
> > My immediate need would not be a way to deliver web content, but just
> > as a way to make a console application on Windows.  But, I can see
> > the former in my future.
>
> There are so many useful and interesting things to do with LiveCode
> Server, and even standalones on servers, it's almost overwhelming.
>
> These days a majority of the work I do is making client-server apps where
> LiveCode runs both sides.  I currently have only one site where LC is used
> to generate output for the Web - everything else is either APIs for other
> services, or the backend for LC-based clients used in workgroup settings.
>
> Given the wide range of ways LC is useful on servers, with all due respect
> to the ambitions of those interested in writing a book on it, it would be a
> big one.
>
> Last month I outlined my plans for the LiveCode Server Center, in the
> works for LiveCode Journal now that I finally put a CMS in place there (and
> of course the CMS is made with LiveCode, all the way down to the data
> store):
> <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2014-May/201516.html>
>
> As I wrote then, I don't mean to discourage anyone from writing a book,
> and indeed there is likely a good audience for it.
>
> But given the scope of what LC Server can do, and the many other aspects
> that come into play with using it well (the critical role of performance in
> the inherently-short CGI runtime lifecycle, how mod_rewrite works, SSH
> keys, bash, rsync, custom servers like looping CLI daemons and simpler GUI
> apps, REST API design, and more), it would be nice if there were also a
> community-driven effort to provide as much material as we can in a format
> that's as free and open as LiveCode itself.
>
> That said, books also play a useful role in evangelizing LiveCode as a
> platform, esp. when they come from established publishers.   A good
> publisher can do wonders for reinforcing a strong image of LiveCode and its
> ever-expanding third-party ecosystem.  I have some contacts at publishers
> and would be happy to provide introductions if useful.
>
> And the upside for book publishing is that with RunRev's newsletters
> having displaced much of the energy that used to go into LiveCode Journal,
> at this point LCJ is mostly a one-man show.  Being heavily booked with
> client commitments, devoting time to fleshing out what can go there has
> been challenging, and somewhat slow.
>
> Still, I felt obliged to note what's coming with the LiveCode Server
> Center at LCJ (hopefully sooner than later), and to extend an invitation
> for anyone interested in sharing free learning materials to consider
> LiveCodeJournal.com as an available venue for community resources, not only
> for LiveCode Server but anything else you feel would be of interest to the
> community.
>
> We have all the infrastructure Dreamhost provides, and plenty of disk
> space and bandwidth, all there for use by the LiveCode community.
>
> --
>   Richard Gaskin
>   LiveCode Community Manager
>   richard at livecode.org
>
>
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