IDE Scripts to the rescue! With a simple script (less than 10 lines), whenever you have quoted text to paste into the IDE, just select your script from the File > IDE Scripts menu instead.
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I’ve ran into PostgreSQL case sensitivity myself before and I’ve seen it come up on the forums, so I thought it might be a good thing to bring up here.
Sometimes you hear that PostgreSQL is case-insensitive, but it isn’t really. What it actually does is convert your SQL to lowercase by default. So take a look at this SQL:
SELECT FullName FROM Person
This gets converted to:
SELECT fullname FROM person
That is nice if you happen to like to write your queries with mixed casing.
Comments closedIn the Xojo IDE Scripts Menu there are some new shortcuts you may find helpful. The items in the IDE Scripts menu under File >…
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Having problems controlling your projects and clients enough to enjoy your life and have fun developing software? If you can put a few systems in place, you will deliver better customer service, increase your productivity, and communicate better. Here are five tips to help you on your path of reigning in the chaos.
Comments closedEarlier I posed the question about why these two similar bits of code do slightly different things: dim path1 as string = “””C:\users\ieuser\desktop\new folder””” path1 =…
Comments closedHere’s a riddle for you! Suppose you are in the habit of using “function chaining” like this to reduce your lines of code: path2 =…
Comments closedXojo is similar to VB, Java and C#
The Xojo programming language is fully object-oriented and uses an object model that is quite similar to VB, Java and C#. If you are used those languages at all, you’ll be right at home with Xojo.
Available since 1998, Xojo was one of the first languages to use Automatic Reference Counting (ARC), something that other languages such as Swift and Objective-C now use. Xojo is type-safe and fully object-oriented making it easy to learn and use, but it also has advanced features such as namespaces, extension methods, exception handling, introspection, delegates and more.
Comments closedDid you know that you can create scripts to control the Xojo IDE? And many of these scripts could be real time savers.
Comments closedNew to Xojo? Been using it for a while? Either way, here are some secrets that can speed your development. Do you know them already? Do you have some of your own?
Comments closedAs you may have heard, Xojo 2015 Release 3 added the long-awaited ability to create 64-bit apps. And it also added the ability to create Raspberry Pi 2 apps (Linux ARM). This now means there are lots more apps that can get built.
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