Dragging widgets

[Dan Brown]

Eve looks to be the a very promising language for producing html5
applications. The browser IDE is clean and beautifully presented
http://play.witheve.com/#/examples/flappy.eve


On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> No, HYPE is not 'serious' competition; it might be something that squishes
> LiveCode's HTML5 extension
> if LiveCode don't buck up and get on with things in that direction.
>
> On 3/1/17 11:07 pm, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote:
>
>> 1. mar. 2017 kl. 20.40 skrev Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>>
>>> I just downloaded HYPE from Tumult: this is where some serious
>>> competition is coming from.
>>>
>> If animated content is what you want to build, then, yes. But it is
>> nowhere near the functionality we expect and get from LC. From time to time
>> I use Hype to make animated and interactive content for my students, but
>> when I need to make some serious applications that rely on variables,
>> arrays, writing to and reading from external files, manipulate files and
>> folders on the host system, use controls like radio buttons or check boxes,
>> use menus or editable fields, there is no way this can be done in Hype 3.0
>> without writing html, css and java script manually.
>>
>> The kind of actions you are able to use are limited to mouse/touch
>> actions. Personally I am no big fan of menu driven scripting.
>>
>
> Is menu driven scripting really programming? (500-900 words, on my desk by
> Monday).
>
> Why do I feel that menu driven scripting is like driving an automatic car
> (last time I drove one
> of those I crashed it by using my left foot to press on the "clutch"),
> while LiveCode feels like
> driving a manual transmission car, and C++, PASCAL, et al are rather like
> building your own
> car before you drive the thing?
>
>   I prefer to write my own code and find that this is very often quicker
>> than navigating meny different menus.*I like the way they have managed to
>> implement html/css/javascript in a seamless way though, and I had hoped
>> that this was the kind of implementation we would get in LC.*
>>
>
> Very well said.
>
>
>> Regards
>> Tore Nilsen
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Richmond.
>
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