Like many Xojo developers, I often use virtual machines for testing. Over time the virtual machine disk files can get pretty large, even if you…
Comments closedAuthor: Paul Lefebvre
Yuck! It happens to everyone, from beginners to experienced developers: sometimes you’ll get stuck. Perhaps the code you’re working on just won’t do what you want or maybe you’re having trouble understanding code plucked from the internet. Talk to the duck. The rubber duck, that is. The term “rubber ducking” or “rubber duck debugging” is a software development technique where you explain the problem you are having to a rubber duck (or appropriate substitute). Often the act of explaining the problem to someone else, even if that someone is not real, can help you figure it out. It might be like inspiration struck.
Comments closedI recently watched this video from Computerphile on YouTube (one of my favorite channels). It demonstrates a simple bit-shift operation can generate amazing random strings of numbers. I thought I’d quickly convert it to Xojo.
Comments closedThere are several Code Editor improvements in Xojo 2021 Release 2 that you might enjoy: Line Numbering and the Gutter, Code Folding, Super Return and more…
Comments closedHappy (almost) summer! It’s been a while since our last Android update, so we thought you might want to see and learn a bit more…
Comments closedFirst available on iOS, staring with 2021 Release 1 you can now also use the Rotate, Translate, SaveState and RestoreState methods with Desktop projects.
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Xojo 2021 Release 1 updates its SQLite engine to 3.34.1 (from 3.33.0). This release does not have a lot of new features, but there are…
Comments closedWith the new UserAuthentication class available in Xojo 2021 Release 1, you can now easily ask an iOS user to authenticate themselves using Face ID, Touch ID or with their password/passcode. In an iOS project, add a UserAuthentication object to your screen and change its name to Authenticator.
Comments closedThe MobileMoviePlayer is a relatively new iOS feature in the Xojo Programming language. To use MobileMoviePlayer start a new iOS project and drag the MoviePlayer control from the Library onto a Screen.
Comments closedWhen looping through an array, I am a big fan of using For Each as I find it more readable than using a For loop with a counter and looking up the item in the array with the counter. Sometimes it’s fun to do stuff just because you can! Plus, it makes for a good excuse to learn about some more advanced Xojo features
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