A web app launcher with responsive design

[Tom Glod]

Hey Andreas, thanks for sharing, cool example of responsive design.

I thought the HTML5/javascript export was dead, and WASM would be used
instead.
It could be my own confusion about terminology being used.
Can someone clarify this for me?

Thanks,

Tom


On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 5:41 PM Mark Smith via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Congratulations Andreas and thanks for sharing. I haven’t done any work
> with the new LC HTML5 engine but I was really impressed with the speed of
> loading it on my new M1 Pro — about 3-4 seconds on first download and then
> a second or so thereafter. On my iPhone 12 not so fast… more like 30 on the
> first download but again very quick (a second or two) on subsequent loads.
> It looks like you’ve got a lot of the tech working with objects and screens
> and the adaptive resizing. When I do get around to getting into this (and
> it looks very enticing) I’ll know where to go for help :)
>
> Mark
>
>
> > On 13 Aug 2022, at 8:24 pm, Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Friends, I have done wonderful things with LC10 web deployment!
> >
> > I’m excited to share with you the fruits of this week's extensive
> research and testing!
> >
> > TL;DR:
> > Try this: https://wheninspace.com/portal/ <
> https://wheninspace.com/portal/>
> >
> > Long version:
> >
> > I wanted to do two things:
> >
> > 1) Like we often do with desktop standalones: Create a minimal
> launcher/splash stack as standalone, which only does one thing - open an
> external stack that does everything else. This way I can then update
> individual stacks, without having to build a new standalone each time.
> >
> > 2) Get the resizing of the browser window to trigger the resize of the
> stacks and all the responsive design therein, and make it look good on both
> desktop and mobile. (Refining the example from the mothership, ”Meeting
> space”.)
> >
> > I have accomplished both!
> > You can see and test the result here:
> > https://wheninspace.com/portal/ <https://wheninspace.com/portal/>
> >
> > Please try it both in desktop browsers (resizing the browser to various
> sizes) and mobile browsers (both portrait and landscape orientation).
> >
> > The standalone consists of a minimal launch stack that just acts as
> event listening agent (even after closing itself) and opens the Portal
> stack which is an external LC stack. The Portal stack then has buttons for
> opening additional external LC stacks.
> >
> > When the launcher stack receives a resize signal from the browser (from
> the JavaScript in the html file), it dispatches ”resizeEvent” with the
> width/height values to the topStack, which can subsequently rearrange its
> stack rect and content accordingly.
> >
> > As a bonus, I also demonstrate the possibility to show several stacks in
> the same browser window!
> >
> > I find the LC web deployment option a true game-changer! A new world is
> opening! Let’s build it! :)
> >
> > /Andreas
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