New Coding Plugin: lcTaskList
lcTasklist joins the Marketplace. Smoothing the path of programmers everywhere by keeping track of all your coding tasks.

by Bill Vlahos

Have you ever forgotten where you last left off in your scripts? Need a better way to manage the code you need to write, or code that needs fixing, or maybe make a quick note of a future feature?

Now there is an easy standardized way of doing all these things with the help of the simple to use Task List plug-in! This plug-in will help to create and manage a list of programming tasks by simply imbedding tasks into your script's comments.

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Click on any entry in the Task List to immediately take you to that line of code in the Script Editor.

How it Works

Add specific comments in your scripts and this plugin will automatically index, display, and link to them in the Script Editor - just click!

The lcTaskList plugin has common standardized root terms set by default but the list is fully editable (add or delete) to suit your needs.

This method for setting tasks is available in a number of other progarmming languages but is particularly useful in LiveCode where scripts can be anywhere. See this Wikipedia entry for wider context.

How to Use lcTaskList

That's it!

You can use any of the standard LiveCode comment formats (--, #, //) except /*.

on mouseUp
   --MARK Here is where I left off
   put the date into vVar --FIXME Dates do not appear correctly
end mouseUp

Library of commonly used index words

The default included terms and common definitions for them are (CASE SENSITIVE):

• MARK to mark the script you are actively working on so it is easy to go back to it
• TODO to indicate planned enhancements.
• FIXME to mark potential problematic code.
• NOTE to document significant sections of your code.
• REVIEW to review before release
  

Other commonly used terms that are not on by default but you can add are:

• HACK to mark code that works but should be improved
• BUG to mark known bugs
• XXX to warn of problematic or misguiding code.
• ??? indicates there is an unknown problem that needs to be solved
• !!! signifies a very important task that needs to be dealt with ASAP

Fully customizable preferences

About the Author Bill Vlahos is is a longtime LiveCoder and the power behind Infowallet.