Not that anyone has ever submitted changes to RegCode, our open-source registration code generator, but I have greated a Google Code page for it:
regcode.googlecode.com
By using Google Code, RegCode is now in a nice Subversion repository, which anyone case download (if you’re interested in contributing, let me know and I’ll add you to the project so […]

It was brought up on the REAL Software Forums, that the redesign of the REAL Software web site eliminated the Application Showcase.  The showcase was a place for people to show off their REALbasic applications.  You could upload a small picture of your application with a brief writeup about it.
This seems like it might be […]

REAL Software sent out their first monthly newsletter today.  If you haven’t received it, you should soon (or you might want to check your spam folder).  There’s a blurb in it about my role as Community Evangelist, which I’ll reproduce here:
Community Corner
Written by Paul Lefebvre, Community Evangelist
Hello, fellow REALbasic developers. My name is Paul Lefebvre […]

The site is being moved to a new server. The prior content should now all be available again.  Please let me know if you notice any anomalies.

So, it’s been a couple days since RBDevZone has debuted with its new look. I’d love to get your thoughts and also give you a little bit of background as to why it changed.
The main reason for the change is that the old site, which was very functional, just wasn’t much fun to use. […]

Yesterday I got an e-mail from MacTech Magazine announcing a promotion to get REALbasic Professional for Mac OS X for $300. That’s $200 off the regular price of $500. The offer expires October 19, 2007.
To take advantage of this offer, go here. (The store also seems to let you apply the discount to […]

I’m a big fan of LinkedIn. I find it’s a great way to maintain your professional network. You can see my LinkedIn profile here:

I’m also a big fan of REALbasic. So, I’ve decided to “link” up the two and created a REALbasic group on LinkedIn. A group allows you to stay connected to other REALbasic […]

You’ve all heard the news: Visual Basic is dead. Support for Microsoft Visual Basic 6 has pretty much ended and you will soon be completely on your own. Microsoft wants you to move to their powerful, but extremely complex .NET platform.
I can hear you all screaming “No!!!, say it isn’t so”. But it is so. […]

Recognizing Third-Party Vendors
Welcome to the 1st annual RBDevZone REALbasic Third-Party Vendor Product Guide! This Guide is a comprehensive list of products and resources for the REALbasic developer, grouped into a variety of categories. Our guide tries to focus on products and services that are ideally suited for REALbasic development. This means that […]

The Singleton design pattern is probably the simplest of all the common design patterns. Its purpose is also simple: to ensure that only once instance of a class is ever instantiated.
You might be thinking that you could just use a module for this purpose. A module is close to a singleton, but since it is […]