Call for Speakers 2018

[Mike Kerner]

That isn't to say it's a complete mess, but when I jump in to start looking
at something, it feels like I'm in an escape room, because I'm trying to
learn what the heck is what, why it works that way, and work on it at the
same time.

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
wrote:

> Which is exactly why a hacking series would be welcome.  When I jump in, I
> find something that looks to me like tangled spaghetti.  If I had a better
> macro understanding, I might spend less time giving up and more time doing
> something cool with it.
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/27/2017 04:36 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
>>
>>> The main question is how do we make all of us more
>>> comfortable with the code so we all feel more comfortable diving in,
>>> doing
>>> things, and therefore expanding the IDE developer group.
>>>
>>
>> The main problem I see with working on the IDE components is that they're
>> quite interdependent and tightly coupled. For years now we've had the
>> carrot dangled in front of us that "soon" the IDE will be just a framework
>> to which autonomous components will attach. But the fact remains that the
>> script editor, debugger, tool palette, property editor, menubar, etc, all
>> rely on not only each others' existence, but also the existence and
>> operation of certain features, e.g., when an IDE library frontscript sends
>> a mouseUp message to button x of the tool palette.
>>
>> The pubsub mechanism now in the IDE is a big step forward to relieving
>> this situation, but it's artificially crippled and thwarts anything other
>> than putting bandages on a legacy structure that dates back two decades.
>>
>> --
>>  Mark Wieder
>>  ahsoftware at gmail.com
>>
>>
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> --
> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
> On the second day, God created the oceans.
> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
>    and did a little diving.
> And God said, "This is good."
>



-- 
On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."