Post anything B4X to github

[aeric]

Any project regardless of small example for testing, a demo, an update to revive old examples that used to be not working, any tips, tricks, code snippets, documentation, tutorial, just post to github.

Make github having more code or resources for B4X.
Add tags or topic if possible.


This is what I am doing.
Don't keep it in your pc.

 

[Magma]

Any project regardless of small example for testing, a demo, an update to revive old examples that used to be not working, any tips, tricks, code snippets, documentation, tutorial, just post to github.

Make github having more code or resources for B4X.
Add tags or topic if possible.


This is what I am doing.
Don't keep it in your pc.

You are right, but to be honest, it's already difficult (or maybe I'm just too lazy) to save it in a specific folder and take backups. I also tend to post it here, share it with friends, and eventually upload it to GitHub—but the process takes some time, which makes me avoid doing it...


But you are absolutely right.

 

[aeric]

You are right, but to be honest, it's already difficult (or maybe I'm just too lazy) to save it in a specific folder and take backups. I also tend to post it here, share it with friends, and eventually upload it to GitHub—but the process takes some time, which makes me avoid doing it...


But you are absolutely right.

Using GitHub Desktop app is easy.

Even I do encounter some bugs but most of the time, it works very well.

You don't need Dropbox, GDrive or OneDrive.
Just use GitHub as a cloud backup space.
So much space for free. Lol

 

[aeric]

You may not find using GitHub hard if you use it correctly.

Tips:
1. You can use the Comment link or Macro in IDE to create a shortcut to open GitHub Desktop app
2. But most of the time I prefer to create a repository on the web first, because I can tick the checkmark for generate LICENCE and README. Then open GitHub Desktop to find and clone the repo.
3. GitHub helps organize your code versioning, see the differences and put comments so the "future" you have a clue of the code you wrote. This feature are not available in other cloud storage solutions.

There are many other advantages of using GitHub. What I can think of now are:
1. Show off your stuff
2. Promote B4X to other GitHub users
3. Help B4X SEO or AI
4. Build your CV or reputation or even branding/advertisement about your company/business
5. Exploring similar projects and get new ideas
6. Survey what people are interested on or not
7. Learn to use MarkDown
8. Hosting your releases (Releases)
9. Hosting a webpage (Pages)
10. Ticketing system (Issues)
11. Project management (Projects)
12. Getting stars and forks bring you a smile LOL
13. See the fascinating octocat loading animation LOL
14. Free backup storage
15. Free file hosting (don't tell anyone, the image in my signature is hosted on GitHub)

I don't use other tools such as Copilot, maybe you will find them useful. You may also get more accurate answers by asking AI chatbot.

 

[aeric]

Adding a Macro to B4X project:

It seems I can now add a README and a license file from here.