xDev Magazine is pleased to announce the release of our newest issue, now available in PDF and print formats!
The September/August 2024 (22.5) issue of xDev Magazine is here. In the cover story, Eugene shows how to use a gyroscope with your Raspberry Pi. Tim explains MQTT, a messaging protocol that sounds really neat! He demonstrates how to use it with Xojo. Marc continue his Design Pattern series with the Command pattern, which can be used to easily add undo support to any app, as well as his space invaders game. This latest issue of the magazine includes the following feature articles:
Xojo and MQTT by Tim Dietrich
MQTT is a low-resource messaging protocol that lets devices communicate with each other. It's ideal in scenarios where a device might not have a lot of power or connectivity. Tim explains how to use this with your own Xojo apps.
Balancing Act (Raspberry Pi Part 9) by Eugene Dakin
If you've ever wanted to use your Raspberry Pi to detect tilt and other movements, Eugene is here showing how to connect a gyroscopic sensor and read the results with Xojo.
Invaders from Space! by Marc Zeedar
In this fun summer project, Marc creates a version of the classic Space Invaders game in Xojo. You'll learn how to do animation, explosions, collision detection, and other aspects of game play. Use it as inspiration for your own retro games!
Design Patterns 6 -- Supporting Undo by Marc Zeedar
If you thought supporting undo in your app was difficult, it's because you weren't using the Command design pattern. Marc shows how it makes undo easy!
Plus: Topics such as how to use ChatGPT 4o-mini to correct your grammar, using overlays, retro gaming with Xojo, an interview with Kem Tekinay, and more!
A subscription to xDev Magazine is included with Omegabundle for Xojo 2024. Omegabundle for Xojo 2024 is a collection of the most useful tool sets, add-ons, digital books and components for use with Xojo Inc's Xojo development environment.
About xDev Magazine
Formerly Real Studio Developer, xDev Magazine has been publishing since 2002. xDev is an independent bimonthly publication focused on instructing users of the Xojo development environment. Each issue features over 70 pages of quality articles from top Xojo programmers and authors. xDev is renown around the world as the premiere source of Xojo instruction, tutorials, and programming advice.
About xDevLibrary
Formerly RBLibrary, xDevLibrary.com is a site for à la carte purchases of books and articles about Xojo, REAL Studio, and REALbasic. Instead of waiting for a magazine issue to be published, readers can just purchase the articles they'd like immediately. The library covers a vast array of topics for Xojo beginners, experts, and everyone in between with prices starting at under $2.
About Xojo
Xojo, Inc. was founded with the idea that software development should be accessible to anyone. With traditional tools, creating software applications can be a very complicated process, but using Xojo anyone can learn to create high quality, native apps for the desktop, web, mobile, and Raspberry Pi. With users all over the world, Xojo apps can be found in every conceivable category -- from commercial software applications to use in governments, universities, businesses, and the Fortune 500.
Related