Deployment: a plea/opportunity

[William Prothero]

I second (3rd and 4th too) Richard's plea. Deployment is a killer.
Bill

William A. Prothero, PhD
Prof Emeritus, Dept of Earth Science
University of California, Santa Barbara

> On Oct 13, 2023, at 10:47 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> We see it here in this list. We see it in the forums. We see it wherever app deployment is discussed:
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> OS requirements for packaging/stapling/signing apps are onerous.
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> At the edge of, and sometimes exceeding, being prohibitively so.
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> There's no point in making a standalone if you can't ship it.
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> If pro devs with decades of experience struggle with this, newcomers will run screaming.
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> SIMPLIFYING DEPLOYMENT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
> 
> Pardon the all-caps. I rarely use them. But this is important.
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> Simplifying deployment is more important than "AI".
> Simplifying deployment is more important than "nocode".
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> It is the single biggest pain point.
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> And so it is the single biggest opportunity.
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> Fulfill the promise of "Everyone can code": focus on simplifying deployment.
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> Step 1: Acquire Matthias' great tool.
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> Step 2: Enhance it for current requirements across platforms.
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> Step 3: Look for every opportunity to further simplify the process, and take it, at least one more simplification with each new build.
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> This is important. It really is.
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> --
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> And no, web export will not magically save things.  Even when that becomes truly production-ready, it's only for web apps.  Not everything needs to be a web app.
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> There are a hundred ways to make web apps.
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> There are few ways to make cross-platform native apps.
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> And almost none that rival what LC can do on the desktop.
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> Play into strengths.  Make native deployment the best it can be.
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> When that's done, only then resume work on more peripheral features.
> 
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> 
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