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Android Development Fundamentals

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In this session from AppForum 2012, we will get you up to speed on Android by giving you an overview of the platform in the context of an actual micro-blogging application (Yamba).   Some topics covered include: Activities and Android UI Intents,…

Android for Enterprise: Does it fit the bill?

In this presentation from AppForum 2012, we explore key points of Android and its use as an enterprise tool, including an overview of the stack, a "Hello, World!" example, security, and enterprise features.         Here is the slide…

RhoConnect 3.3 released!

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We are happy to announce that RhoConnect 3.3.1 is released.  This version has a few small changes from the final beta (3.3.1.beta4): Features & Enhancements: * disable sqlite3 dependency by default so applications deploy on heroku without…

RhoMobile appears to be leading the race for best in class

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Back in February VisionMobile did a comparison between all the available cross platform development tools for mobile devices. They investigated things such as developer satisfaction rates, the software development process and the overall developer…

RhoConnect 3.3 beta 2 is available

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Today we released RhoConnect 3.3 beta 2 for download.  RhoConnect 3.3 includes the following new features and bugfixes. Features: * Support for new RhoConnect push service (beta)  - Documentation, CLI and client support coming soon * Bulk sync…

Cut The Rope - Porting to HTML

Another great video produced my Marakana TV - This video shows how one of the most successful IOS games 'Cut The Rope' got converted to a HTML5 application. Although this is obviously a very consumer application, the session shows some tools and best…

Accessing the Shared Runtime

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When RhoElements 1.x was transitioned into part of RhoMobile Suite 2.0 one of the many changes was a push towards developing native applications.  You don't have to create applications natively however, you can use the shared runtime. What is the…

Ruby Fundamentals

One of the first videos from the Americas AppForum has been posted. Daniel Morrison does a great job covering Ruby fundamentals to get you started with building native applications using RhoMobile Suite. Check this link, all RhoMobile Suite sessions…

RhoConnect 3.2.1 is released

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Today we released RhoConnect 3.2.1 with the following updates: Bug Fixes: * Apps using plugins were not able to set the appserver option If you are using plugins, this is a critical update. Enhancements: * RhoConnect will detect REDISTOGO_URL…

Adding Device Capabilities and HTML5 Features to your Application

It was good seeing so many familiar faces from Launchpad at our 2012 Americas AppForum  in Schaumburg, IL earlier this month.  Thanks to all those who managed to make it to my session and for those who couldn't make it I understand they'll be…

Tool Tip: Testing REST Services

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I came across this very useful plug-in for Firefox that helped me troubleshoot why my RhoConnect Source adapter was not working with the REST service I was trying to sync data with. It's naturally called RestClient and not only is it super easy to use…

RhoMobile Suite Now Available

RhoMobile Suite Is Now Available For Download DOWNLOAD (Windows) (Mac)DOCUMENTATIONDISCUSSIONS RhoElements consists of a cross-platform development framework, providing a robust set of development tools that include the runtime client required on any…

Announcing the RhoConnect 3.2 public preview

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We are very excited to announce the public preview release of RhoConnect 3.2.  This version of RhoConnect has massive sync concurrency improvements over 3.1 by introducing three key new components into the stack: * ruby 1.9.x EventMachine &…

Reserve your space at the Americas AppForum June 4th-6th

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Space and Time Is limited. Reserve your seat by May 18th! If you have not registered yet, time is running out. Click the banner above for more information on the conference. We will have a dedicated RhoMobile Suite track with breakout sessions covering…

Creating an NPAPI Plugin for RhoElements

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Overview Speaking with many of our customers one common question I get asked all the time is "how can we extend the functionality of our RhoElements applications with native code" and one way to do this is by writing an NPAPI plugin. NPAPI (Netscape…

RhoElements New Release Available

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Version 1.0.3.11 has just been released. It is recommended that you upgrade your RhoElements clients to this release. Most notably this is the first release for the ET1 Android platform. Additionally there has been several performance enhancements in…