Code Health Warning: This article contains Really Important Information for your code. Especially if you are not yet using LiveCode 8.

LiveCode 7 – The Stepping Stone

As those of you who have followed us for awhile will know, in order to achieve the vision we have for LiveCode and to provide the bedrock for a more capable, flexible future, we undertook a large refactoring project. That effort was completed successfully as the principal purpose of LiveCode 7.

Refactoring the entire engine doesn’t in itself offer a lot to the end user, however in this case it did make it possible to add transparent Unicode support, GTK support and 64-bit Linux amongst other things- projects which would have been huge upheavals by themselves.

LiveCode 7 was always intended as a stepping stone to the next generation of LiveCode releases. As great as it has been as a stepping stone, the time has come to focus on the end result of all this effort: LiveCode 8.

The Future of LiveCode 6 and 7

We are already reducing the focus on older versions of LiveCode. Soon support will drop to only critical bugfixes and platform support. Once we release 8.0 GM, we will be dropping support for 6 and 7 completely. You need to think about moving your code up today.

Of course we will not forget about bugs which affect older versions of LiveCode, but fixing them in 8.0 will be the priority.

Help Us to Make 8 Great

LiveCode 8 is not only the future of the LiveCode platform, it will very soon be the present. It has been in testing since April this year and is now reaching the refinement stage before the initial release of 8.0.

There are a small number of things left to be done before a stable release of 8.0, including the Native Browser control, HTML5 improvements and more IDE refinement.

On top of that, we want to make sure that any remaining issues that were introduced as a result of the refactoring project in the 7 series are completely ironed out before the launch. We know there are still a few issues left that center around performance and a handful of other minor issues. With 8 now at an advanced stage, and so many exciting new features almost ready to go, this is the time to make sure that you can move forward. If you want to ensure your applications perform as they did prior to 7 you need to work with us. Now is the time! Join our Global Jam where we will work with you to improve your 8 experience through a combination of optimizations, feature changes and best practice tweaks to your code.

Besides the new widgets architecture in 8, none of the changes between version 7 and version 8 are changes to the core engine, so the 8.0 engine is as stable as 7 is right now. With all the exciting new features available in LiveCode 8.0, there really is no reason not to try it out. Don’t be scared, come on in, the water’s lovely…

Global Jam

We want to make this release as great as possible. We can’t do it alone. This is your LiveCode too, so come along and get stuck in. With your help and support, we’ll be able to make sure that the 8 launch is truly amazing. That’s why we’re announcing a Global Jam, the perfect opportunity for you to move to 8 and give live feedback on the process to our engineering team.

You are invited to join our Global Jam based around LiveCode 8 on the 5th/6th October. Block some time out in your calendar and join us online.

The purpose of the Global Jam is to enable you to:

Ensure your apps function as you expect

Iron out any issues you encounter

Try out the widgets we’ve built

Learn more about building widgets yourself

Give us feedback on the usability of new parts of the IDE

Have a blast with other LiveCoders and our entire engineering team

There are many more reasons to move to 8 than there were for 7, as 8 has tons of new and exciting functionality!

Our entire team of LiveCode developers will be on hand to advise, explain and fix bugs you might encounter. The sooner we identify the issues that matter to you, the greater the chances of those issues being addressed before the launch of LiveCode 8. We’ll be treating the feedback from this Global Jam as a key priority to ensure you get a great 8 experience.

Now is the time to start planning your move to LiveCode 8. Join us for the Global Jam to ensure you get the most out of it. Help us to make 8 great!

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