Today, we’re proud and happy to announce the release of Tabris.js 2.0. This release makes Tabris.js even simpler to use, yet more flexible and powerful than ever, all while adding support for a completely new mobile platform. The Highlights Tabris.js 2.0 is the result of the feedback we received and the lessons we've learned while building Tabris.js apps. Here are the features we're most excited about: We replaced...
Read MoreThe Tabris.js 2.0 release is now less than a week away (July 18). During the last preparations, we're counting down the 10 new features in 2.0 that we're most exited about. Number 3 is a brand new file system API. Sometimes you need to store binary files on the device's file system. There are Cordova plug-ins for file system access, but they're based on Blob and...
Read MoreTabris.js 2.0 is just two weeks away, and the development team is taking this ramp down time to reflect on the release and highlight the features we're really excited about. A new major release gave us the opporuntity to update the API. We have been designing APIs for Widget Toolkits for over 10 years, and in that time we've learned a lot. In Tabris 2.0, we've modernized...
Read MoreThere have been many notable changes to the Tabris.js codebase since Beta 2, and today we are happy to present the first release candidate of Tabris.js 2. In the last six weeks, we've been focused on finalizing the API for Tabris.js 2.0. But we also deliver some nifty new features, a performance improvement, and a useful addition to the developer console. New CollectionView and Picker API The...
Read MoreThe latest version of JavaScript (ES2015, or commonly called ES6) is packed with modern features, including classes, lambda expressions (“arrow functions”), block scoping, template strings, and much more. Using a transpiler like Babel, you can use these features in your Tabris.js app today. Quick Start The fastest way to a working ES6 project setup is to generate it. Just install Yeoman, a popular project generator for JavaScript,...
Read MoreSome time ago we've created a draft for a Chart widget for RAP, based on the famous D3.js. Together with one of our partners, we decided to carry this work forward and make it available in the RAP Incubator. D3 is a very flexible framework to turn data into dynamic charts. Looking at their examples, it's amazing how many different types of charts there are. Whatever...
Read MoreWhen you need rich text editing in a RAP application, things are getting easier. You may know that there is a RichText component in the RAP Incubator. It's around for a long time and we found it's time for this component to graduate. Interestingly, the Nebula project also provides a RichText editor for SWT, that even works with RAP. Just like the CkEditor widget from the...
Read MoreSome languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew, are written from right to left. The different reading direction not only affects texts, but most UI elements. Preparing software for use in those languages obviously requires a lot more work than just translating texts. We're currently adding right-to-left (a.k.a. “RTL”) support in RAP. For example, if you check the Wikipedia in Hebrew, you'll find the globe logo and the...
Read MoreThe dynamic typing in JavaScript allows for more flexibility, but it comes at the price of weaker tool support. Explicit type definitions in your code can support editors to provide more exact suggestions as you type … … and to discover problems earlier … TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds type information to the language. It is compiled to regular JavaScript, so it can be...
Read MoreImagine you've just published a new version of your app when you discover a critical bug that will render the app unusable for half of your user base. The fix may be simple, but rolling out another version takes some time for app store review and users to install the update. With Tabris.js, you can now deploy hotfixes to your users immediately, without having to...
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