AppStudio Documentation: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:28, 30 May 2023

NSB/AppStudio is a powerful, complete development environment for creating web apps which run on iOS, Android, the desktop and other platforms. A drag and drop design screen lets you design your app using the latest frameworks. Programming can be done in JavaScript or BASIC.

AppStudio

Support

If you are having a problem with NSB/AppStudio or your App, there are several ways to get help.

Solutions to Common Problems

Click on this link to see Solutions to Common Problems.

Samples

Under the File menu in AppStudio, you'll find lots of sample code, organized as follows. All samples are in JavaScript and BASIC.

1. Getting Started
2. Features
- Device Features
- Saving Data
- Sounds and Images
- Splash
3. Controls
- Bootstrap
- Common
- Date and Time
- Finance and Social Media
- jQuery Mobile
- Multimedia
6. Tutorials and Labs
- Lab Solutions
- Labs
- Tutorials
7. Web Services
8. Libraries

Search for Answers

Search this wiki. We've got nearly all of our documentation online, and this is a great place to start.
Search the blog. Some articles from the blog haven't made it into the wiki yet, and you may find answers there as well.
Search our mailing list. Our mailing list has been active since NSB/AppStudio 1.0, and many issues have been answered there.

Contact Us

Post to our web board. This is the suggested way to ask a question as not only our support staff, but also the community can help to answer your question.
E-mail support. If you'd rather keep your question private, you can e-mail support, although we may not respond as quickly as we would to mailing list posts.

Making a Support Request

Please remember that the more information you provide to us, the easier it is for us to help solve your problem. Here's a great (if long) article on how to ask smart questions. At a bare minimum, please provide:

A clear description of the problem, including directions on how to reproduce it.
A clear description of you're trying to accomplish.
An example of what you've tried that's currently not working.
If possible, a link to a deployed App that exhibits the problem - simplified if possible. It is very difficult to find a small problem in a large, complicated App.

Paid Support

Finally, if none of these support options fit your needs, we provide paid support as well.

JavaScript

JavaScript is the standard language of the Web. AppStudio allows the use of full standard JavaScript in its apps.

BASIC

One of the most popular programming languages of all time, BASIC is easy to learn. AppStudio's BASIC is based on VBScript, with extensions for web apps.

BASIC Language Reference

Frameworks

Frameworks provide the controls (also called widgets) that the user interacts with. AppStudio makes it easy to use them in your app.

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 * [[AppStudio_FAQ|FAQ]]
 * [https://www.nsbasic.com/app/ NSB/AppStudio website]
+* [[Version_9|Version 9 Release History]]
+* [[Version_8|Version 8 Release History]]
+* [[Version_7|Version 7 Release History]]
+* [[Version_6|Version 6 Release History]]
+* [[Version_5|Version 5 Release History]]
 * [[Version_4|Version 4 Release History]]
 * [[Version_3|Version 3 Release History]]
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 == Support ==
 If you are having a problem with NSB/AppStudio or your App, there are several ways to get help.
+=== [[Solutions to Common Problems]] ===
+Click on this link to see [[Solutions to Common Problems]].
 === Samples ===
-Under the File menu in AppStudio, you'll find lots of sample code, organized as follows:
+Under the File menu in AppStudio, you'll find lots of sample code, organized as follows. All samples are in JavaScript and BASIC.
 * 1. Getting Started
 * 2. Features
-* 3. Controls - jQuery Mobile
+** Device Features
-* 4. Controls - jqWidgets
+** Saving Data
+** Sounds and Images
+** Splash
+* 3. Controls
+** Bootstrap
+** Common
+** Date and Time
+** Finance and Social Media
+** jQuery Mobile
+** Multimedia
 * 6. Tutorials and Labs
+** Lab Solutions
+** Labs
+** Tutorials
 * 7. Web Services
 * 8. Libraries
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 === Contact Us ===
-* [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/nsbasic-app/info Post to our web board].  This is the suggested way to ask a question as not only our support staff, but also the community can help to answer your question.
+* [https://discuss.appstudio.dev/ Post to our web board].  This is the suggested way to ask a question as not only our support staff, but also the community can help to answer your question.
-* [mailto:support@nsbasic.com E-mail support].  If you'd rather keep your question private, you can e-mail support, although we may not respond as quickly as we would to mailing list posts.
+* [mailto:support@appstudio.dev E-mail support].  If you'd rather keep your question private, you can e-mail support, although we may not respond as quickly as we would to mailing list posts.
 ==== Making a Support Request ====
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 Finally, if none of these support options fit your needs, we provide [https://www.nsbasic.com/app/support/ paid support] as well.
-== BASIC Language ==
+== JavaScript ==
-One of the most popular programming languages of all time, BASIC is easy to learn. AppStudio's BASIC is based on VBScript, with extensions for web apps.
+JavaScript is the standard language of the Web. AppStudio allows the use of full standard JavaScript in its apps.
-* [[:Category:Language_Reference|BASIC Language Reference - Alphabetic]]
-* [[Language_Reference_by_Type|BASIC Language Reference - By Type]]
-<!--
-== CoffeeScript Documention ==
-* [http://coffeescript.org/#language CoffeeScript Language Reference]
--->
-== JavaScript Language ==
-JavaScript is the standard language of the Web. AppStudio allows the use full standard JavaScript in its apps.
 * [http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp JavaScript Tutorial at W3Schools]
 * [http://www.referencedesigner.com/tutorials/js/js_1.php JavaScript Tutorial at Reference Designer]
 * [http://dochub.io/#javascript/ JavaScript Quick Reference]
 * [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript Mozilla Developer Network JavaScript Resources]
+* [https://www.nsbasic.com/speedtest.htm Simple speed test]
+== BASIC ==
+One of the most popular programming languages of all time, BASIC is easy to learn. AppStudio's BASIC is based on VBScript, with extensions for web apps.
+* [[:Category:Language_Reference|BASIC Language Reference]]
 == Frameworks ==
-[[A_Field_Guide_to_App_Studio_Controls|Frameworks]] provide the controls (also called widgets) that the user interacts with. AppStudio makes it easy to use them in your app. Beginning with AppStudio Version 3, you can use widgets from multiple frameworks in your app.
+Frameworks provide the [[:Category:Controls|controls]] (also called widgets) that the user interacts with. AppStudio makes it easy to use them in your app.
+* [[:Category:Bootstrap|Bootstrap]]
 * [[:Category:jQuery Mobile|jQuery Mobile]]
 * [[:Category:jqWidgets|jqWidgets]]
-* [[:Category:iWebKit|iWebKit]] (deprecated)
 == Other Resources ==
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 * [http://plugins.jquery.com/ jQuery Plugin Registry]
 * [http://www.jqwidgets.com jQWidgets Framework]
-* [http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/index.html PhoneGap/Cordova API]
+* [http://volt.build VoltBuilder]
-* [https://build.phonegap.com PhoneGap Build]
+* [https://cordova.apache.org/ Apache Cordova]
 * [http://mobilehtml5.org HTML5 Compatibility Chart]
 * [http://html5test.com/compare/browser/ios60/android40/chromemobile.html HTML5 Browser Comparison]
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 * [http://www.php.net PHP Documentation]
 * [http://mobilehtml5.org HTM5 Compatibility Chart for Mobile Devices]
-* [http://cubiq.org/iscroll-4 iScroll]
+* [https://github.com/cubiq/iscroll iScroll]
 * [http://www.sqlite.org/docs.html SQLite Documentation]
 * [http://www.jsdb.io Ultimate list of JavaScript Libraries]