We have recently been working with Rhomobile to test and deploy some business class mobile apps. So far the testing has gone well, however the documentation at the Rhomobile site is lacking in some areas and has fallen behind the mainline development. The Rhomobile forums are also a good source of information but it is [...]
19
Jun
Phonegap Barcodes on IOS
Introduction This article covers building barcode scanning apps on IOS (iPhone/iPad) with Phonegap. For reference, Phonegap is going to become Apache Cordova any day now, so the process can be confusing if you are looking at older materials. Before we get started we make the following assumptions about your development environment: Operating System is OS/X [...]
24
May
Rhomobile: Error In Build Application
You are build Rhomobile apps on Windows, aren’t you? If so, we’ve been there. Luckily the fix is somewhat simple, though time consuming. Sadly, it is a joke that Rhomobile can’t deal with SPACES IN DIRECTORY names. What year is it? Rhomobile is not aware of Windows 7 directory naming standards? How sad. Anyway, here [...]
24
May
Rhomobile: Error interpreting erb code
You are build Rhomobile apps on Windows, aren’t you? If so, we’ve been there. Luckily the fix is somewhat simple, though time consuming. Sadly, it is a joke that Rhomobile can’t deal with SPACES IN DIRECTORY names. What year is it? Rhomobile is not aware of Windows 7 directory naming standards? How sad. Anyway, here [...]
04
Sep
App Inventor First Impressions : Coding An App
We finally got our first App Inventor mobile application built and are underway on our second app. Here are our first impressions of building an actual app. First App – The Pat A Cat Tutorial The initial tutorial went very easily, after the fight to get the development environment set up. The first application took less than [...]
04
Sep
App Inventor First Impressions : Setting Up
In the previous article I went over some of the notable items on the Terms of Service for Google App Inventor. Here we get into building our first simple app. App Inventor and Java While you don’t need to know how to code in Java, you will need Java installed on your computer. Don’t worry, your [...]
04
Sep
App Inventor First Impressions : Signing Up
Google App Inventor is a service and development platform provided by Google to make it easier to create and deploy Android mobile applications. I am reviewing the viability of this platform now that the technology has matured a bit and is gaining more acceptance in the community. It appears this project may have some longevity, [...]
20
Jul
Upgrade Issues from MooTools 1.2.4 to Mootools 1.3.2
This past week we worked on some site updates for Abundatrade. During the updates we attempted to upgrade Mootools from 1.2.4 to 1.3.2. Unfortunately this did not go as well as expected. After 8 hours of trying to get it to work we ended up rolling back to Mootools Core 1.2.4 with Mootools More 1.2.5.1. [...]
08
Jun
Sharing a Class In ASP.NET Pages
It’s easy enough to create additional classes that can be used in the code behind files of an ASP.NET page, but what if you want to share a class among the ASP pages themselves? It’s quite common and easy to develop generic methods and event handlers that can reduce repetition of code and simplify the [...]
06
Apr
Detecting USB Insertion/Removal in C# .Net 4.0
We need your help! Cyber Sprocket is looking to qualify for a small business grant so we can continue our development efforts. We are working on a custom application builder platform so you can build custom mobile apps for your business. If we reach our 250-person goal have a better chance of being selected. It [...]
20
Mar
Starburn SDK and .Net 4.0
Introduction We have been trying to get StarBurn to play well with others for a client project we have been working on lately. The problem is that StarBurn is very particular about the Windows environment, and though the support guys mean well the communication is sometimes hard to decipher. I don’t think English is their [...]
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