Sometimes you want classes to have a common API.
But rather than adding a common super class or interface to define that common API, you just make sure your classes have the same methods, events, properties & whatever else you feel is necessary to make them have “the same API”.
I would suggest you rethink doing this.… Read the rest
A lot of API 2 is extension methods that are replacements for the classic global framework methods.
String.LowerCase is for all intents and purposes the equivalent of Lowercase(string).
Except when its not.
If you happen to have methods that can return a wide variety of types you may not be able to use the extension methods.… Read the rest
Recently there was a blog post about Xojo looking at WinUI as the new foundation for Xojo.
Thats great – except (you knew that was coming didnt you?)
WinUI wont support anything older than Windows 10 at this time (specifically they note Win10, 1809+)
How Xojo handles this will be interesting to watch.
Will they simply abandon Win32 and any users on older versions ?… Read the rest
Last night I read a blog by someone who obviously misunderstands why it is INN and some inhabitants are disheartened by where Xojo is at this point.
There are some there who are definitely Xojo haters now. They didnt start out that way. Years of “it’s coming soon” have lead them to not believe those statements.… Read the rest
I know Xojo just wrote one but to be honest I really like this one
This handy tool makes it so dead easy its crazy.
Even if you just hacve a static web site its dead simple
LifeBoat should be called life saver
Simple. Fast. Not expensive and does what it does without any muss or fuss.… Read the rest
Of just about any kind, not just Xojo web apps, LifeBoat is so darned handy you really should get it.
Its so easy to use that today I redeployed a web app several times in a matter of minutes.
Its truly one of those must have tools
Lately I’ve been writing a Web2.0 app and TBH I can see where folks are experiencing issues.
There are omissions, glitches and bugs that need addressing.
But, I also wonder why Xojo hasnt dog fooded Web 2 with Feedback or some other app they use and rely on ? And that would show them the issues developers are facing.… Read the rest
Anyone who has been using Xojo for many releases probably has seen the dreaded “older version” dialog
It was a user request many many many years ago.
And now, at least with web projects, theres a different warning when you open a Web 1 project in a version that no longer supports Web 1 apps.
Well if you have even encoutered these issues and want to know whats the version I shoulduse to open this project you want the macOS QuickLook plugin from Monkeybread
Now lets be clear – MBS has two items named VERY similarly.… Read the rest
Lots of time I see people say they hack and hack at code until it “works”
But those accumulated hacks and patches can be troublesome down the road as you may not remember why you did something that way
And comments are, for the most part, obsolete the moment you write them.
And, unless you have some kind of enforced policy, either personally or corporately, they probably do not get maintained as code gets updated.… Read the rest
Had reports that the workaround I posted a while back to make 2019r1.1 work on Big Sur ALSO works on Big Sur on M1 macs