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> Start a business with Revolution
> How to Write a Screen Saver with Revolution
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7 Days to Liftoff in Las Vegas!
Revolution Live Begins 8th May

One week to go before the Event of the Year kicks off in Las Vegas! You've bought your tickets to Revolution Live (what, you haven't?? it's not too late, click here NOW), you've booked the flights and our speakers are eagerly waiting to meet you. With sessions ranging from a grounding in the basics to using SQLite, Quicktime, CGI's and Externals, we've got the best ever array of content for your education and delight. No doubt you've checked out the line-up of Speakers on the RunRevLive website, but there is one important person you haven't yet met. Let me introduce you to Jo Hernandez, our Financial Controller and Conference Organiser Extraordinaire! READ MORE >

Chorduroy: Revolution Teaches Guitar

Its a well known phenomenon that mathematics and music go hand in hand. For all you musical coders out there, here is a series of articles on creating a utility in Revolution to generate chords for your guitar. The aim of the program is to allow you to select a chord name and key, have its notes displayed in an easy to understand format and be shown different ways of playing these chords on a guitar. More fun than trawling through chord dictionaries, you will also learn how chords are constructed and some useful Revolution coding techniques.

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Start a business with Revolution

How do you get into software development? What are the difficulties, pitfalls, and ingredients needed to get started? Do you start with the idea or with the company? One French developer shares his experience in starting a new software business in France.

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How to Write a Screen Saver with Revolution

Are you fascinated by watching tropical fish swim across your screen? Do you like flying toasters? Or would you like to write your own, unique, custom screensaver? This article shows you how to use Revolution to create your own screensaver, with minimum effort, reading of documentation, or actual learning of obscure coding principles. Just code it and go in Revolution and in no time at all you can populate your desktop with your very own aliens or extraordinary landscapes...

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