Blog about the Xojo programming language and IDE
While no one likes to admit it, we all write software that has bugs. Recently, I was analyzing some code that seemed to be slower than desired in the Xojo IDE and I literally stumbled on a bug that has very likely been causing issues in VCP projects for a while.
Comments closedDid you know that Xojo can call code written in .NET? Here’s how to do it!
Comments closedI am often asked when it makes sense to use Commit with your database code. The answer is always “it depends”. To go into more detail, let’s talk a bit about transactions.
Comments closedOver 18 million people participated in the Hour of Code last week! Did you?
Comments closedBuild Automation is a feature of Xojo that allows you to automatically run “steps” before and after you build your project. Are you taking advantage of this useful feature?
Comments closedDid you know that you can use the IDE Scripting feature of Xojo to automate many tasks?
Comments closedAs I mentioned in a previous post, beginning with Xojo 2013r4 we will no longer be localizing the IDE into any European languages. Some of our German users on OS X were surprised this morning when they launched today’s release (2013r4) expecting to get the English version of the IDE only to discover it in Japanese instead. Is this a bug?
Comments closedWhen I was about 12, my dad brought home a Texas Instruments portable terminal. It was not a computer, just a terminal that could connect to the mainframe computer at his work through the telephone. It had no screen, just a thermal printer.
Comments closedHere’s something teachers can do in an hour: create a web app that lets their students practice their math facts.
Comments closedGot an hour (or less)? Here’s a quick app you can make with Xojo that will save you time and help your child practice their spelling words more often.
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