Corona latest public build

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hello! I have several question.

First, what if I have old project, that support for example CORONA SDK [2012.894] or early. If I build it for devices, what version of SKD is using on the Corona servers?

Why I am asking it? I created game that use widgets 2.0, and it is cleared up that oldest version does no support it. My boss has old corona version and he doesn’t want to update it for the latest build. He said that he has a lot of other projects, that compatible with his 2013.1095 (2013.4.26) and I should recreate whole project using widget v1.0. I know that here is a decision

https://github.com/coronalabs/widget-v1

but here are so much bugs…

What arguments can I give him?

Thanks!

#2

Hi @EvilAnton,

In my opinion, it’s beneficial to stay current, even if it means adapting older projects to newer versions of Corona. Over time, if your boss continues to use #894 or #971, there will simply be more things that may 1) stop working, 2) become unsupported, 3) outright break. We basically won’t continue to support these older versions, so if he/she doesn’t adapt now, there will be problems in the future that will likely be harder to overcome.

In regards to Widgets, version 1.0 is quite buggy and inefficient. While there are still some bugs in 2.0 which we’re working on solving, these bugs will be addressed, while absolutely nothing will be done to 1.0. If you design your app with 1.0, you’ll need to solve every widget bug yourself, or build your own custom widgets.

Best regards,

Brent

#3

Hi @EvilAnton,

In my opinion, it’s beneficial to stay current, even if it means adapting older projects to newer versions of Corona. Over time, if your boss continues to use #894 or #971, there will simply be more things that may 1) stop working, 2) become unsupported, 3) outright break. We basically won’t continue to support these older versions, so if he/she doesn’t adapt now, there will be problems in the future that will likely be harder to overcome.

In regards to Widgets, version 1.0 is quite buggy and inefficient. While there are still some bugs in 2.0 which we’re working on solving, these bugs will be addressed, while absolutely nothing will be done to 1.0. If you design your app with 1.0, you’ll need to solve every widget bug yourself, or build your own custom widgets.

Best regards,

Brent