KermMartian has just announced the release of SourceCoder 3, the successor of SourceCoder 2.5. Started back in 2005, SourceCoder was initially a TI-BASIC detokenizer that allowed you to view your program code after uploading it on Cemetech. Eventually, new features were added, such as a program editor and the ability to save your progress, making SC a viable TI-BASIC programming environment, while making it very easy to share source code on every forum (a major problem with TI-Graph Link, where STO symbols turned into weird letters). Eventually, Casio PRIZM support as well as image conversion to various formats was added.

Today, it is brought even further with a brand new interface (with the emulator jsTIfied side by side), improved code viewer and a new project manager!

You can now choose the syntax that you want via a drop-down menu (Axe, Grammer, 83+ BASIC and CSE BASIC) and select various tokens, including xLIB ones, on the side, to insert them in your code. Of course, you can still import images and convert them to multiple formats for various calcs including the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition. After a big round of closed beta-testing, Kerm has now taken SourceCoder several steps further! SourceCoder 2 and the original version both remain available for nostalgia purposes.


Meanwhile, on the HP side of things,  two community members have stepped up to address some issues that the official HP Prime connectivity kit has and started their own. The first, by Lionel, is called libhpcalcs. Lacking any GUI for the time being, this one aims at being cross-compatible with Linux, Mac and Windows (the official HP software is Windows-only) and currently focuses on feature additions. Although it is currently under development, beta testers are welcome to help as new connectivity features get added. The main update topic is available here, along with download links and important information. There is an Omnimaga thread as well, although the author seems to have stopped maintaining it. Hopefully this should address most issues encountered by Mac/Linux users, as well as Windows users who had troubles with the official software.

The other third-party connectivity kit under development is by Eried and is called PrimeComm. This one has a GUI and includes image conversion to create sprite data that can be used inside an HP PPL program. Also, according to this video, it seems that it even allows you to control your computer from the calculator! Of course, this one is still under development too, but it also looks promising. The official topic is available on MoHPC forums.