Originally I was planning to open source my MergableCellListbox subclass this month. I had always intended to open source it if it went a year with no sales at all, and 2020 was the first such year. As I previously mentioned, when It was first introduced it, Einhugur StyleGrid did not support merg…

[image] Karen: Markus, you have been seeing my typo laden, garbled posts for years… What make you think I am a good writer? Marc uses proof-readers :wink: … though I have to say they seem to make my articles worse … :exploding_head: I would certainly agree that a lot of people will find it u…

@Karen IIRC you developed your apps in your own time and at your own cost. IMHO that would make these apps yours and you are free to sell them. If this is the case, then that is what I would suggest. Polish your apps and start selling them wherever you can. I’ll be honest and say that I don’t mak…

[image] samRowlands: I think of my apps as like a CV, they demonstrate not only what technical skills I have, but also the level to which I polish my work. So far this year, I’ve already had several minor contract jobs, from people who use my apps. for me the code I publish as open source is …

+1 to that. When reaching out to consulting leads I include my github profile as a means to “preview” my source code style.

[image] samRowlands: IIRC you developed your apps in your own time and at your own cost. IMHO that would make these apps yours and you are free to sell them. Typically it would be all by own cost, but 80% my own time and 20% work time… and very specific to what needs to be done at work and th…

TOF = THAT OTHER FORUM WTF is “body unclear” error?

[image] DaveS: WTF is “body unclear” error? ??? I don’t see that in my post.

Reviving my old thread, I really don’t intend to update my Mergeable Cell Listbox. It is AP1 and was based on what the listbox could do 10+ years ago and I coded it to make the API as close to that as i could… Afterwards Xojo implemented some of the extras i did ,but in a different way (If you use…

This might be a perfect opportunity to learn how to use GitHub with one of the GUI frontend apps. GitHub Desktop is pretty decent but historically I’ve been more of a Tower user (but likely isn’t worth the $ for your use case here). Some great primers on git can be found at Tower’s website and this…

You could always put the binary project on github and leave it to someone in the community to create a pull request with a text version. Open source means anyone can contribute, not that you have to offer a perfect thing!

To Open Source or Not

Rick.A 31 July 2021 15:18 25

Free. Windows/Mac. Powerful yet simple, accepts many versioning systems and platforms.