Create an HTML5 website output from livecode.

[neweramichael]

I will later be using Livecode for apps which require installation. Can I make a website that will not require any installation but run natively on most browsers and devices such as phones?
I am an old hypercard user from the 80's
M

[icouto]

Welcome, 'M'!

LiveCode is not a tool made for designing cross-browser web pages or websites. There are a few programs out there that do that, with a certain degree of success. There are also some programs that are meant to create 'web apps', that is: applications that run in-browser, and that can, theoretically, run on all devices and platforms. Going down that route is ONE WAY to try and provide a cross-platform solution to your - or your client's - problem.

I have used that approach several times in the past, but have never been fully satisfied with the result. For starters, You have to juggle a multitude of different technologies: html5 & css3 (for interface design and presentation), JavaScript (for browser-side interactivity), php/perl/ruby (for server-side scripting) and sql (for centralised data storage and retrieval). The level of complexity is great, and you constantly struggle with trying to make things look and function the same - at least minimally - across all browsers, devices and platforms. Lastly, the browser is a browser, not a computing platform, and as much as we might have expanded its functionality, there is a much greater security and flexibility in developing for the desktop. A website cannot do everything a desktop app can. And not every business can - or should - be managed via a web app.

It was precisely because of dissatisfaction with HTML5 and web-based development that I became interested in LiveCode. It offers a solution which, like The web, is cross-platform. However, this is a solution that has a much gentler learning curve, and is infinitely less complex, more manageable, and flexible. And plainly more fun.

LiveCode can also be used on the web - LiveCode Server can be used in place of php, perl or ruby as a server-side scripting language, with which you can write your own Blog software, Forum software or CMS, if you wish. But if what you want is just to release an app for both desktop and mobile, then you might not have to touch HTML5 at all - and you might end up with an even better solution.

I hope this helps!

[marisamiller]

I am using LiveCode to develop dynamic webpages just because it has a big advantage that we can use the very same language we use to develop desktop applications.It is best for dynamic performance as changes takes place according to changing conditions or user inputs.

[FourthWorld]

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