[ANN] xDev Magazine Releases Issue 23.1 (January/February 2025)
January 2025 – xDev Magazine is pleased to announce the release of our newest issue, now available in PDF and print formats!
The January/February 2025 (23.1) issue features articles on creating a photo batch processor using XojoScripts and preemptive threads, turning a Raspberry Pi into an AI chatbot, using your Xojo skills to make money on the side, and much more.
This latest issue of the magazine includes the following feature articles:
When It Rains, It Pours by Marc Zeedar
Wondering why this issue was a week late? In November, Marc suffered a retinal detachment in his right eye that required emergency surgery and no computer use for two weeks. Then, just as things were getting better, he broke two ribs!
AI on Pi by Eugene Dakin
How would you like to make your own AI server that runs on a Raspberry Pi? Eugene shows how to set one up using free tools so you can use AI privately on your own equipment. You don’t even need internet access!
Image Batcher by Marc Zeedar
With Xojo adding preemptive threads, Marc was prompted to create a program that uses XojoScripts to batch process images. In this early version, you can crop and resize, or add a frame, watermark, and a drop shadow on a batch of dropped images.
Alternative & Supplemental Income by Tim Dietrich
In this issue’s “The Business of Xojo” series, Tim explores supplementing your income. He offers tips and suggestions on how to make extra money on the side, using your Xojo skills. Who couldn’t use more money?
Plus: An interview with Anthony Cyphers, the genius behind GraffitiSuite; the internals of Xojo; how to add information to an Apple Contact; and how to use ffmpeg to extract frames from videos, and more!
This new issue can be purchased and downloaded instantly via GumRoad (Issue 23.1 ("Photo Batch Processing")) for just $10.
Other Products
Annual subscriptions, in PDF or printed booklets, may be purchased directly from the xDev website (xDev Magazine Order Center). Offering print subscriptions is a brand new service. You can read more about it on the website (xDev Magazine in Print). Digital subscriptions cost $50; print subscriptions are $100 (USA) or $125 (international).
Also available on the xDev website are printed perfect-bound books of each of the magazine’s first 16 years. Each book is 300-500 pages and contains over 70 articles and programming tutorials. All are available for order now (xDev Magazine Order Center).
About xDev Magazine
Formerly Real Studio Developer, xDev Magazine has been publishing since 2002. xDev is an independent bimonthly publication focused on instructing users of the Xojo development environment. Each issue features over 70 pages of quality articles from top Xojo programmers and authors. xDev is renown around the world as the premiere source of Xojo instruction, tutorials, and programming advice.
About xDevLibrary
Formerly RBLibrary, xDevLibrary.com is a site for à la carte purchases of books and articles about Xojo, REAL Studio, and REALbasic. Instead of waiting for a magazine issue to be published, readers can just purchase the articles they’d like immediately. The library covers a vast array of topics for Xojo beginners, experts, and everyone in between with prices starting at under $2.
About Xojo
Xojo, Inc. was founded with the idea that software development should be accessible to anyone. With traditional tools, creating software applications can be a very complicated process, but using Xojo anyone can learn to create high quality, native apps for the desktop, web, mobile, and Raspberry Pi. With users all over the world, Xojo apps can be found in every conceivable category – from commercial software applications to use in governments, universities, businesses, and the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.xojo.com.
Marc Zeedar
Publisher, xDev Magazine and xDevLibrary
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