LCB development

[Mike Kerner]

We have the beginnings of a missing manual for LCB, so it might be helpful,
and as you learn things, it would be great if you would throw issues at the
the repo:
https://github.com/macMikey/LCB-missing-manual

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 6:43 AM Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I didn't even know (had forgotten) that there was an extension builder!
> That's
> great.
>
> Searching the archives to find out where this special thing could be
> obtained
> from (hint for my future self, it's in the IDE under the Tools menu) I
> found
> references to the Extending LiveCode guide... which is obviously what I
> should
> have read in the first place.
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Ben
>
> On 14/03/2023 18:02, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
> > On 3/14/23 10:08, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode wrote:
> >> I last dabbled with LCB about five years ago - but now I have a need to
> get
> >> in there again.
> >>
> >> Are there any tips that you-all can share?
> >>
> >> In particular:
> >>
> >> - what if anything is available for debugging LCB widgets?
> >>
> >> - I've found a reference to a LiveCode Builder CLM module developed by
> James
> >> Hale - where might I find this?
> >>
> >> - a really basic question - if I make a change to an LCB widget,
> defined in
> >> ~/Documents/LiveCode/Extensions; what's the quickest route to testing
> it?
> >> Can I delete and re-add the widget? Or do close+remove-from-memory the
> >> stack, and then reopen it? Or do I need to quit and relaunch LiveCode
> in
> >> order to see the change?
> >>
> >> - any other pointers or suggestions gratefully received.
> >
> > Use the extension builder to test the widget. I keep a text editor open
> to
> > edit the code and press the test button after editing. No need to
> relaunch
> > either the builder or the IDE. Debugging is minimal.
> >
> > I've found very little documentaion on LCB, and much of what I've found
> is
> > either out of date or partial or wrong.
> >
>
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