The tools above are an older precursor to CrossUI, but I like them because they're free and open source, really light weight, and not only the created apps, but also the entire development system run virtually anywhere - even IE6, Firefox 1.5, and in just about any mobile browser. It's really simple to learn to use, and extremely productive, at least for the needs I've encountered. You can package the GUIs for mobile platforms using Phonegap build (and desktop with Node Webkit - although I don't see as likely a need for that). You can run the visual builder from any Apache install on any OS - I've done it locally on Windows, on Android with KSWeb server, on shared hosting Lunarpages accounts (which I've been able to use even on the old Android phone). It's nice to be able to quickly and easily create full featured front ends on any device, which run on any device, and which connect easily with Rebol server scripts that run just about anywhere too, including shared hosting. The whole system is really simple to use, and exhaustively documented.
The video is 1.3 hours long - very sorry for the length - I did it to prepare for making a written tutorial which will be more succinct. All the files used in the video are here:
That's a fun thing to see. Some decades ago, when Burroughs still was a computer company, one could, in a COBOL source program for their Medium Systems line, type the declarative ENTER SYMBOLIC and then start coding assembler language. Second-generation code embedded in a third-generation program. Now with the C-in-REBOL example, we see third-generation code embedded in a somewhat-fourth-generation program.
Arnold
Created and uploaded the video of how to compile the game of Xiangqi programmed in Red. http://youtu.be/5xjky_Ox1l4
NickA
New written tutorial about using jsLinb/Sigma IDE with Rebol, to create Mobile/Web apps:
Rewrote to be R3 specific R3 optimisations (20% faster than R2) Removed lots of R2 compatibility code Excel functions refactored to use Powershell/OLEDB (so MS Office is no longer required) load-excel function added
AltJSON v0.3.5 for Rebol 3 (including current Ren/C version)
- Supports easier creation of JSON objects with set-word/value pairs in blocks, get-word/path lookup. - Uses MAP! to correspond with incoming JSON objects. - /FLAT refinement uses blocks for incoming JSON objects to allow for case-sensitive keys, parsing and null values.
- Introduces some of the changes from the Rebol 3 releases: - Switch to RFC 3339 formatting of dates, - Resolves Get-Words and Get-Paths, - Recognises Set-Word/Value pairs as JSON Objects, - Limits the format of JSON object keys, uses ^ escaping on words that almost conform (use /Flat for more flexibility)
Due to the nature of some of the changes, this version may not be wholly compatible with previous versions--let me know if you experience any major problems.
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ameriDroid.com and Hardkernel (ODROID) are going to be at ARM TechCon 2015 in Santa Clara, California on November 11-12. We'll have a 10x20 foot booth just inside the main entrance.
Register here for a free Expo Hall pass so you can visit with us in person and see demos at our booth. We'll have some Rebol-powered demos running on ODROID products.
Another web site of documentation related to REBOL 2 has come into being at http://www.cobolrebol.com/. This is some learning aids for a very specific and small audience, and has been put on the internet in case it is helpful to anyone else.
Reichart
:)
Arnold
From renewed rebol.com frontpage: rebol.net is back online (checked it too) (Thank you Carl!)
ddharing
We (i.e. Atronix Engineering) have published a Rebol 3 function reference on our wiki. It is specific to our build and automatically generated using the interpreter and a meta data file for things like examples, cross reference and comments. Hopefully, this level of automation will mean that it stays updated. All of the examples have been tested.
The wiki is currently read-only to the public. Feedback is welcome.