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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…

Rapid Prototyping Mobile Apps With Fluid Layout

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This is another great presentation brought to you by Marakana Tech TV. In this session, Matt Kelly, Lead Software Engineer at interaction design firm ZURB, discusses solutions for rapidly prototyping sites and web apps that work on any kind of device,…

Test

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Using RhoConnect without Rhodes: Objective C Client API The RhoConnect Client is a library that adds sync data capability to your non-Rhodes applications, such as applications created in XCode or Android Java. Using this library, you can enable…

Advanced HTML5 JavaScript

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Although this presentation is geared towards an online multiplayer game, it has some great content covering advanced Javascript/HTML5 APIs: appCache localStorage/sessionStorage History API Web Sockets Web Workers Local Files This video is brought to…

HTML5 RealTime & Connectivity

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In this presentation to the San Francisco HTML5 User Group, Peter Lubbers takes an in-depth look at the different APIs that make up HTML5 communication, as well as some related standards. Topics covered include: *Web Origin Concept *Cross Document…

RhoElements App Spotlight

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Check out this video of a real world implementation of a RhoElements application. It was developed and showcased by one of our partners, Stella Nova, at the Motorola Solutions NRF booth this past week in New York. This application is a great example of…

Licensing RhoElements

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I get a lot of questions about how the licensing model for RhoElements works. You can license your RhoElement runtime by visiting https://softwarelicensing.motorolasolutions.com/. The following documentation is taken from https://softwarelicensing.…