Contents of the Corona SDK Starter

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I just got Corona SDK Starter (free, well) for Windows and installed it without any error. During check into Starter group I noticed there (Corona SDK folder) only two application to start with: Corona Debuger, Corona Simulator. There are Online documentation and Corona Sample Code folder too. SDK is installed on Win7Pro 64, 4GB RAM. I started the Simulator, opened few samples but I don’t see there any visual editor, some kind of Composer to set up sprites on stage and programming it!

Or this is just coding platform only, without any visual tool to make scene according WYSIWYG!? I’m now a little confused… can somebody explain this situation, please?

Thank you.

#2

Hi @liamkionag,

Primarily, Corona has been a code-based development platform, with the Simulator used to dynamically simulate how the actual app will look/function on various devices.

There is the Composer GUI, currently in beta, which is a WYSIWYG editor, but currently it’s only available for Mac OS X.

http://coronalabs.com/products/composer-gui/

For Windows, you may want to explore Level Director, a 3rd-party visual designer for Corona:

http://www.retrofitproductions.com/level-director/

Hope this helps,

Brent

#3

Hi @liamkionag,

Primarily, Corona has been a code-based development platform, with the Simulator used to dynamically simulate how the actual app will look/function on various devices.

There is the Composer GUI, currently in beta, which is a WYSIWYG editor, but currently it’s only available for Mac OS X.

http://coronalabs.com/products/composer-gui/

For Windows, you may want to explore Level Director, a 3rd-party visual designer for Corona:

http://www.retrofitproductions.com/level-director/

Hope this helps,

Brent