One of the most common mistakes in programming is typos. Your brain wants to type one thing and your fingers another. In Corona (and Lua in general), variables aren’t declared explicitly before you use them. When Lua sees a variable name that you haven’t declared as local, it starts looking up the chain of […]
[Update May 15, 2013 – Fixed launcher for osx and windows] I’ve recently been trying out different editors as I can see the end of the road for TextMate from where I’m sitting. I really wanted to be super-awesome and finally learn vi or emacs, but despite several attempts, my brain hasn’t really latched […]
Build the app using File > Build > Amazon/Kindle… On the Fire, go to Settings and tap More Tap Device Turn ON “Allow Installation of Applications — from unknown sources” Plug in a Micro-B usb cable into the Fire and the other into your computer (in this case a MacBook Air) The Kindle should be […]
Update: Dejay was correct, you have to try and open the file to know for sure if it’s there or not. Want to know if a file exists before you use it? Lately, I’ve been wanting something a little more dynamic in my projects for opening various Scenes (think Director, but not). I needed […]