Someone complained that my intro was too short, so Iāll try again.
Iām Emily-Elizabeth, but you can just call me Emily. I got started in xTalks with HyperCard, then SuperCard and then programming fell to the wayside when they both died. I then discovered CrossBasic and started to develop in that, it eventually got bought and became REALbasic and now Xojo. Along the way I came across MetaCard but it wasnāt cross-platform at that time. Eventually I found Runtime Revolution and started to use that. I ended up developing in Xojo for a while and came back to Livecode to discover it had become Livecode Create and was priced way too weirdly and they added a kill switch. At this point I found OpenXTalk and was happily using that, but there was no ARM Mac support (they have it now though) so I started HyperXTalk. No programming experience required I use Claude.ai to get the work done and a small team of other people, who can actually program, are helping out.
Iām unemployed and live in Ontario, Canada. I have no pets and no children, but I do have a MacBook Pro that I care for deeply (hehehe). Iām here to make the best xTalk language out there and glad to have everyone along for the ride.
I am so happy and relieved to have found this project headed by you, Emily, and supported by many of my āold friendsā from LiveCode. I am a retired Physicist (not a real programmer) and, like the rest of you, started with HyperCard etc. I use LiveCode (until it is murdered) and now HyperTalk as a hobby and build tools to support my interests in Cosmology, Astrophysics and everyday life tools. Thank you all for being here!
Welcome to the forums and I hope that HyperXTalk brings you the same enjoyment that we all got with HyperCard If there is anything that we can do to help you with your projects, let us know.
Itās not often that you get a personal and very friendly email from the developer right after filling in a survey. So I feel very welcome, even though Iāve only just discovered the project and canāt exactly call myself a developer.
As a teenager, I got to know and love HyperCard because it came with my first Mac. Then I spent many years using FileMaker and later looked into LiveCode, only to see both projects meet an even more undignified Ā»endĀ« than HyperCard.
But Iām not here to depress everyone, quite the opposite. Iām very pleased to have discovered this project and am happy to help wherever I can.
Glad to have you on board! Weāre still in development but you should be able to get those old HyperCard vibes from this warm community. I remember all the XCMDs we used to share around high school, so hopefully youāll feel comfortable sharing some stacks youāve made (no pressure )
I use Claude.ai to get the work done and a small team of other people, who can actually program, are helping out.
If there is anything that we can do to help you with your projects, let us know.
So I feel very welcome, even though Iāve only just discovered the project and canāt exactly call myself a developer.
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