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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465345503321

Autore

Holgate Colin

Titolo

LiveCode mobile development beginner's guide [[electronic resource] ] : create fun-filled, rich apps for Android and iOS with LiveCode / / Colin Holgate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, : Packt Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-283-51974-7

9786613832191

1-84969-249-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

004.167

Soggetti

Smartphones - Programming

Operating systems (Computers)

Application software - Development

Mobile computing - Programming

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Learn by doing : less theory, more results."

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:LiveCode Fundamentals; Background history and metaphors; You do have LiveCode, don't you?; Learning the lay of the land; Main windows; Time for action - it's a drag, but you'll like it!; Creating a hierarchy; Stack structure; Where code goes; Time for action - making and navigating between cards; Making a simple calculator application; Inspector clues, oh...; Time for action - making the calculator buttons; Verbosity, synonyms, and ""me""; Adding the card handlers

Variable types in LiveCodeExtending the calculator; Other interface controls; Video player control; Still image control; Rollover buttons; Many More Controls...; Debugging; RunRev's online tutorials; Summary; Chapter 2:Getting Started with LiveCode Mobile; iOS, Android, or both?; Becoming an Android developer; Android Market; Amazon Appstore; Downloading the Android SDK; Installing Android SDK on Mac OS X



(Intel); Installing Android SDK on Windows; Pointing LiveCode to the Android SDK; Becoming an iOS developer; Installing Xcode; Pointing LiveCode to the iOS SDKs

Before we can make our first mobile appGetting ready to test for Android; Time for action - starting an Android virtual device; Connecting a physical Android device; Using a Kindle Fire; Time for action - adding a Kindle Fire to ADB; Getting ready to test for iOS; Time for action - using the iOS simulator; Appiness at last!; Time for action - testing a simple stack in the simulators; Time for action - testing a simple stack on devices; Further reading; Summary; Chapter 3:Building User Interfaces; Setting up a test bed mobile app; Time for action - making the test bed stack

Invoking the desktop e-mail applicationTime for action - calling the native e-mail application; Installing the e-mail test onto devices; Time for action - trying test bed stack on devices; Opening a web page; Time for action - calling the native browser application; Mobile-only, date picker; Time for action - showing a date picker; Mobile-only, loading pictures; Time for action - loading pictures; Making OS styled buttons; Using bitmaps; Time for action - using Photoshop to prepare button states; MobGUI to the rescue!; Time for action - getting started with MobGUI

Test bed app, the MobGUI wayTime for action - using MobGUI to make a test bed app; MobGUI native controls; Time for action - using native controls from MobGUI; Adjusting things for different screen sizes; Layout using a resize handler; Time for action - simple code layout example; Layout using the LiveCode Geometry Manager; Time for action - using the Geometry Manager to position buttons; Layout using MobGUI; Time for action - using MobGUI to remember layouts for us; Further reading; Summary; Chapter 4:Using Remote Data and Media; Stack structure; Code driven and manually created layouts

Locations for code

Sommario/riassunto

Create fun filled, rich apps for Android and iOS with LiveCode



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457765103321

Titolo

John Wilkins and 17th-century British linguistics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph L. Subbiondo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1992

ISBN

1-283-31312-X

9786613313126

90-272-7723-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, , 0304-0720 ; ; v. 67

Altri autori (Persone)

SubbiondoJoseph L

Disciplina

401/.3/092

Soggetti

Language, Universal

Linguistics - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain Intellectual life 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Essays previously published 1931-1986.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-370) and index.

Nota di contenuto

JOHN WILKINS AND 17TH-CENTURY BRITISH LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Location of Illustrations:; INTRODUCTION; I. JOHN WILKINS (1614-1672): LIFE AND WORK; II. WILKINS AND THE 17TH-CENTURY RECONCILIATION OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND LANGUAGE; III THE SOURCES OF WILKINS' PHILOSOPHICAL LANGUAGE; IV. THEORY AND PRACTICE IN WILKINS' PHILOSOPHICAL LANGUAGE; V.WILKINS' CLASSIFICATION OF REALITY; VI. WILKINS' LEGACY; SELECTBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Sommario/riassunto

In this reader, 19 articles have been collected that bring out the central position of John Wilkins and his Essay Toward a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (1668) in the history of ideas in 17th-century Britain.