Let's Learn LiveCode computer programming

[richmond62]

This is the Tool Palette [Which is very complicated and frightening  ]

[richmond62]

We can simplify things so that the Tool Palette is much more friendly
(and only shows things that I shall use in these lessons).

Please deselect all the sections except for the Classic Controls.

[richmond62]

Oh, Cripes: I'm running out of time, so I'm "off" for a spot of lunch,
and then "Hey-Ho" for my work that actually puts some cheese in the fridge
(teaching Bulgarian kiddos how to function in English).

I'll be back this evening; so any Q's so far: let me have them. 

[richmond62]

Any one who previously worked with HyperCard on Macintosh computers
in the 1990s should be aware that LiveCode is a lineal descendant of HyperCard.

The same stack metaphor is employed here.

[richmond62]

This is the Menu Bar:

[richmond62]

Let's get started by making ourselves a new stack

[ this is a sort of canvas on which we can begin our programming ]

[richmond62]

You should end up with something like this:

[richmond62]

The basic concerns with computer programming are threefold:

1. Numerical operations.

2. Text operations.

3. Graphical operations.

So, to be amazingly unoriginal, I shall start with numerical operations.

[richmond62]

To get things going we need a button.

Please select a button on the Tools Palette, and DRAG it over onto your stack.

[richmond62]

Your stack should now have a button on it like this:

[richmond62]

With the right button on your mouse perform a right-click on the new button and select the Properties Palette.

[richmond62]

Change the name of the button to "ACTION"

[Alex22]

So when you've learned it .............  what then  ? 

[richmond62]

Open the Properties Palette for your stack;

[richmond62]

This is all the initial start stuff.

Tomorrow we'll do some proper programming with the stack we have made just now.