LiveCode Ltd. (formerly Runtime Revolution and Cross Worlds Computing) makes the

LiveCode LiveCode (formerly Revolution and MetaCard) is a cross-platform rapid application development runtime system inspired by HyperCard. It features the ''LiveCode Script'' (formerly MetaTalk) programming language which belongs to the family of xTalk ...

cross-platform development environment (formerly called Revolution) for creating applications that run on

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, Android and

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. It is similar to Apple's discontinued

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History

LiveCode began as an expert IDE for

MetaCard MetaCard is a discontinued cross-platform, commercial HyperCard clone. MetaCard included an IDE, a GUI toolkit and had its own language, MetaTalk. From the MetaCard Corporation website: "The MetaTalk language has all the features common to third-ge ...

, a development environment and

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originally developed for

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development and later ported to support

and

compilation. Runtime Revolution Ltd acquired MetaCard in July 2003 and released subsequent versions under the Revolution brand. MetaCard built on the success of its predecessor

. Both HyperCard and MetaCard utilized an English-like language that was arguably easier to learn than BASIC. Both RevTalk and HyperCard are development environments within the

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genre and have similar design attributes. The language has been known by several names including Transcript, RevTalk and as of November 2010 "LiveCode". The entire product including the IDE is now officially referred to as LiveCode. The iOS version is available as of December 2010, with the Android and server versions under development. The company is supported by a number of investors, including

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who originally invested in Apple Computer, Inc. in 1976 and brought that company to market. On 11 November 2009 in San Francisco, the company officially launched version 4.0 of the Revolution programming language (renamed

in November 2010), officially bringing the revTalk language to the web. In late 2009, the company launched the RunRev Partner Program giving all people programming in the LiveCode language the opportunity to work more closely with the core LiveCode development team. This provision of dedicated Technical Account Managers is part of the continued development of the LiveCode language and is designed to make it even more accessible.

References

External links

* {{Official website, livecode.com
Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor
a Runtime Revolution product (formerly Learn to Type released in 1995)
LiveCode Hosting
a LiveCode hosting service Companies established in 1998 Companies based in Edinburgh Software companies of Scotland

History

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