OpenXTalkhttps://openxtalk.org/ or OXThttps://openxtalk.org/ are a pair of interlinked cross-platform rapid application development runtime systems (OXT and OXT Lite) inspired by HyperCard. They feature the xTalk Script (formerly MetaTalk, Transcript) programming language which belongs to the family of xTalk scripting languages like HyperCard's HyperTalk.
They are built on the LiveCode Community IDE that was dropped by LiveCode (company) in 2021 with a view to make sure that a Free Open Source xTalk language remains available for educators and hobbyists moving forward, as LiveCode only provide a commercial version that is available at a price point out of the reach of many educators and hobbyists.
OpenXTalk runs on MacOS, Windows 95 through Windows 10, Raspberry Pi and Linux.
Description
OpenXTalk creates applications that run in many supported environments, using a compile-free workflow. The same computer code in OpenXTalk can play across multiple devices and platforms. OpenXTalk uses a high level, English-like programming language called xTalk that is dynamically typed. xTalk and a compile-free workflow generates code that is self-documenting and easy for casual programmers to comprehend. For example, if the following script was executed when the system clock was at 9:00:00 AM:
repeat ten times
put "Hello world at" && the long time & return after field 1
wait 1 second
end repeat
Ten lines will be loaded into the first text field. (denoted as "field 1"), and seen as:
Hello world at 9:00:00 AM Hello world at 9:00:01 AM Hello world at 9:00:02 AM ...