The September/October 2026 (24.5) is included as a part of Omegabundle for Xojo 2026.
xDev Magazine is pleased to announce the release of the newest issue of this English language magazine, now available in PDF and print formats! This latest issue of the magazine includes the following regular columns:
Source Code - A Word from the Publisher by Marc Zeedar
Summer is over!
Beginner's Corner by Marc Zeedar
Using the new DesktopGrid control.
Xojo Talk: Thoughts on Technology by Paul LeFebvre
New Xojo, pragmatic programming.
MBS Spotlight: Learning the MBS Plugins by Stefanie Juchmes
Check out the MBS SQL plugin.
Best of the Web - Programming articles you may have missed by Marc Zeedar
Watermarking AI text, end of Intel on Mac, OpenAI agents hack Hugging Face, software development
with AI.
You can also look forward to the following feature articles in this issue.
TF-Luna LiDAR Range Sensor by Eugene Dakin
You can’t have too many ways to measure things. After demonstrating sonar distance measurement, Eugene shows how to use the TF-Luna LiDAR range sensor with Raspberry Pi and Xojo to do the same thing with LiDAR.
Breaking Bunny by Marc Zeedar
Marc recently discovered anti-bot software called Bunny Shield was stopping his Xojo app, Comic Downloader, from data scraping a comics website. A discussion with ChatGPT led to a simple solution, using an HTMLViewer control instead of URLConnection to download the page’s HTML.
Locked Down: Part 2 by William O'keefe
In part 2 of his new encryption series, “The Right Way to Get It Wrong,“ William shows how Xojo encryption code that seems correct and works doesn’t create truly secure encryption if you aren’t doing everything exactly right. He demonstrates several ways you can get encryption wrong and how to do it the right way.
Plus: Pragmatic programming, DesktopGrid control, MBS SQL, and more!
About xDev Magazine & Omegabundle
A subscription to this magazine is included in Omegabundle for Xojo 2026. Published continuously for over 24 years (170+ issues), xDev Magazine is a bimonthly digital magazine exclusively devoted to software development with Xojo. Every issue is packed with over 70 pages of vital information:
- step-by-step tutorials by Xojo experts
- columns for the beginer or expert
- columns on databases, beginning programming, open source, and more
- "behind-the-scenes" postmortems of popular programs made with Xojo
- fascinating interviews
- handy tips
- product reviews
- Xojo news
One-Year PDF Subscription
With this offer, you get a superb collection of ten back issues in PDF (all of 2025, plus the first four issues of 2026), plus a one-year PDF subscription to xDev Magazine. That's $160 of magazines if you bought them individually!
Choice of Printed Archive Book
Your Omegabundle purchase will include a unique coupon code that entitles you to a free copy of a printed xDev Archive book (up to a $60 value). Each book includes all the xDev issues published in one year (you can choose any year from 1 to 23). The book is free, but you'll need to pay a nominal shipping fee ($5 U.S./$10 overseas). Instructions on how to redeem your coupon will be emailed to you after your purchase.
If you already have a subscription to xDev Magazine, don't sweat it. This offer will add another year to your existing subscription.