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LiveCode - Programming language

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LiveCode is a programming language created in 2001.

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LiveCode (formerly Revolution and MetaCard) is a cross-platform rapid application development runtime environment inspired by HyperCard. It features the Transcript (formerly MetaTalk) programming language which belongs to the family of xTalk scripting languages like HyperCard's HyperTalk. The environment was introduced in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia...


Example from hello-world:
answer "Hello World!"
-- Hello world in LiveCode (formerly called Revolution, formerly called Transcript) answer "Hello World!"
Example from Wikipedia:
put url "binfile:picture.jpg" into url "ftp://john:passwd@ftp.example.net:2121/picture.jpg"

Language features

Feature Supported Token Example
Print() Debugging ✓ answer
Line Comments ✓ --
-- A comment
Comments ✓
Semantic Indentation X

Books about LiveCode on goodreads

title author year reviews ratings rating
Programming Livecode for the Real Beginner Mark Schonewille 1 1 3.00
LiveCode Lite: Computer Programming Made Ridiculously Simple Stephen Goldberg 0 1 3.00

Books about LiveCode from ISBNdb

title authors year publisher
Programming Livecode For The Real Beginner Mark Schonewille 2013 Economy-x-talk
LiveCode Mobile Development Cookbook Lavieri, Dr Edward 2014 Packt Publishing
LiveCode Mobile Development Hotshot Edward D. Lavieri Jr. 2013 Packt Publishing
LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide Holgate Colin 2012 Packt Publishing
LiveCode Mobile Development HOTSHOT Edward D Lavieri Jr. 2013-10-24 Packt Publishing
LiveCode Mobile Development Beginner's Guide Colin Holgate 20120726 Packt Publishing
LiveCode Mobile Development: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition Colin Holgate; Joel Gerdeen 20150529 Packt Publishing
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