WebDeployHelper tool - the LC10 web app toolbox

[Tom Glod]

thank you for making this available to the community.

On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 5:02 PM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of William Prothero via use-livecode
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2024 4:48 PM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: William Prothero
> Subject: Re: WebDeployHelper tool - the LC10 web app toolbox
>
> Andreas,
> This sounds really great! It encourages me to start working with web
> apps.Thanks for your contribution.
> Best,
> Bill
> William A. Prothero, PhD
> Prof Emeritus, Dept of Earth Science
> University of California, Santa Barbara
>
> > On Apr 4, 2024, at 12:45 PM, Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > So, LiveCode 10 has web deployment, but there are still too many things
> it cannot do out-of-the-box.
> > Well, some of them are fixable, and as promised I now release the tool
> I’ve built to get so much more out of LC web apps.
> >
> > Download here:
> https://github.com/wheninspace/WIS_WebDeployHelper/releases/latest
> >
> > WebDeployHelper tool essentially does two things:
> >
> > 1) It provides you with code (LC, javascript, html) that greatly
> enhances the capabilities of your web app.
> > It adds code to your LC stack, and to the html file in the standalone
> folder. You have full control of which features are added. Nothing is
> altered in your existing LC code.
> >
> > Currently the following features are available:
> > - Modify the appearance of the web page that the LC stack resides on
> (your own logo, background colour etc)
> > - Add code that will make the stack resize when the browser window is
> resized, or make the stack stay centered on the web page
> > - Add code that enables pasting into fields and putting text into the
> clipboard (not in mobile browsers)
> > - Add code that enables mouse wheel scrolling in all LC fields and
> relevant widgets (not in mobile browsers)
> > - Add code that gives you access to the localStorage functionality,
> which enables saving data between sessions
> > - Add code that enables uploading of file data from your local files
> (like image data and text)
> > - Other minor nifty features :)
> >
> >
> > 2) It helps automate the web deployment process, which tends to get
> tedious as you often build many, many times and upload to your server to
> test and test again your web app.
> >
> > So, the workflow automator lets you run one or several steps with one
> click:
> > - Trash the previous build folder (so you don’t get build folders like
> "MyApp1”, MyApp2”, "MyApp3” etc)
> > - Trigger the standalone builder
> > - Compile the enhanced html file and replace the generic one in the
> build folder with it
> > - Upload all the standalone files (or just the changed ones, if not
> first upload) to your server with ftp (if you enter credentials for an ftp
> account)
> > - Launch the web url to your web app in your browser
> >
> >
> > The stack requires LC10.0.0 dp7+ and naturally a web deployment license
> for LC10.
> > It can be used 'as is' or put into the plugins folder.
> >
> > The tool is free to use (MIT license), but if you like it (or any of the
> other free tools I've made) and feel it adds value to your use of LiveCode,
> you may consider buying me a coffee at
> https://www.buymeacoffee.com/riu9yazy7p :)
> >
> > Feedback on everything is welcome!
> >
> > Andreas Bergendal
> > WhenInSpace
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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