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The Best Cross-Platform Secret Weapon You’ve Never Heard Of

The Best Cross-Platform Secret Weapon You’ve Never Heard Of

Published November 8, 2017 by Paul Lefebvre

In today’s world, the only way to be sure you are reaching all your potential customers is to target multiple platforms. But cross-platform development is crazy-hard, right? Perhaps, if you are using tools like Java, Qt, Delphi or Xamarin it certainly can be. But with Xojo, cross-platform apps are simple to create.

In fact, Xojo lets you easily cross-compile desktop apps for Windows, macOS, Linux and Raspberry Pi. Plus, you can use the same Xojo language to create web and iOS apps too (Android coming soon!).

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Get Better Dates with the New Xojo Framework

Published November 4, 2017 by Geoff Perlman

Time zones can cause confusion even for super villains. But the Xojo framework has got you covered, whether you are out to do good or evil.

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Aren’t those Xojo keywords?

Published October 24, 2017 by Norman Palardy

Many times we get bug reports or feature requests about issues with keywords not highlighting or being colorized in the code editor. But are those words actually language “keywords” or reserved words in Xojo?

In reality none of the intrinsic types are reserved words. They’re just types in the global namespace. Xojo knows where a type name is required and it will only look for types in that context. The opposite holds true as well. In effect, the types are treated as if they live in their own namespace.

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Is There a Correct Structure for Your XML?

Published October 20, 2017 by Paul Lefebvre

I recently had a customer ask about how to adjust XML structure and whether one format is better than another.

They had XML in this format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xmldata>
  <row username="Mary" message="Welcome!" disable="NO"/>
</xmldata>

That XML was generated using code like this:

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SQLite Rocks, Let Us Tell You Why

Published October 3, 2017 by Paul Lefebvre

Here at Xojo, we ❤️ SQLite so much – It’s truly a great database to use for all kinds of apps.

Here are 8 reasons why you should be using SQLite with your apps:

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10 Universal Truths About Starting A Consulting Business

10 Universal Truths About Starting A Consulting Business

Published September 28, 2017 by Geoff Perlman

Are you tired of working for someone else or simply ready to start your own company? I founded and have been successfully running Xojo for over 20 years and prior to that I was a consultant for many years. I can attest to the importance of getting a business set up right from the beginning. Whether you are a developer looking to start a software consulting business or an entrepreneur looking into any other kind of consulting, some truths are universal.

Getting off on the right foot means your business will be that much closer to being in the 50% that will survive its 5th year. Here are ten truths for starting your own software consulting business:

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An Insider’s Top 10 Code-Free Tips To Being A Skilled Programmer

Published September 13, 2017 by Geoff Perlman

At Xojo we’re a company of programmers who work with programmers and after 21 years or so, we like to think we know our stuff. In honor of International Programmer’s Day today, we’d like to offer our experience in the form of a listicle 😉

Whether you’re new to programming or an experienced developer, there are some things you’ll just never find in a reference manual. We’re passionate about writing good code and these are our 10 tips to be a better programmer.

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Quick Tip: Hiding the Border in iOS Text Fields

Published September 11, 2017 by Paul Lefebvre

The other day Geoff was working an iOS project and asked me if there was a way to hide the border on an iOS Text Field. It turns out that this is pretty easy. Here’s how.

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How To Record Video Demos for your iOS Apps

Published September 5, 2017 by Geoff Perlman

If you are making commercial iOS apps, you’ll want a video demo. Video demos can be added to the app store and are great to use in multi-platform marketing and promotions. Keep in mind, a demo is typically short, definitely less than 1 minute and should highlight the core benefits of your app.

For some apps, you can just record the iPhone or iPad screen with another camera especially if you feel you need to show an actual finger doing the tapping. In most cases, however, that’s not necessary and a actual screenshot video would be more effective.

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Pro Tip: Inserting Text Quickly in a Xojo iOS App

Published August 30, 2017 by Geoff Perlman

Manipulating text can be a time-consuming operation. I recently found myself with the need to insert text in various places in a large text document. Normally I would use a regular expression to solve this problem, but this is an iOS app and Xojo doesn’t have regular expressions available for iOS just yet. So I wrote some code to loop through the document and find and replace. Then I wrote some better code to do it a lot faster.

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