B4J Library [Web][ABMaterial] Framework for WebApps

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My mini course on Youtube by MichalK73

ABMaterial is a framework combining a tuned Materialize CSS with the free programming tool B4J. It allows creating WebApps that not only look great thanks to Googles Material Design, but can be programmed with the powerful free tool from Anywhere Software without any knowledge of HTML, CSS or Javascript.

ABMDragonfly4.00.png


ABMaterial has over 45 themeable controls and some useful helpers.

Components:

  • ABMActionButton
  • ABMAudioPlayer (1.08)
  • ABMBadge
  • ABMButton
  • ABMCanvas
  • ABMCalendar
  • ABMCard
  • ABMChart (Plugin support 2.00)
  • ABMChat (2.50)
  • ABMCheckbox
  • ABMChronologyList (2.00)
  • ABMCombo
  • ABMCustomControl (1.05)
  • ABMChip
  • ABMCodeLabel
  • ABMDivider
  • ABMDateTimeScroller (1.06)
  • ABMDateTimePicker (1.06)
  • ABMEditor (1.07)
  • ABMFileInput (1.20+)
  • ABMGoogleMap
  • ABMLabel
  • ABMList
  • ABMImage
  • ABMImageSlider
  • ABMInputField
  • ABMRadioGroup
  • ABMPagination (1.04)
  • ABMPatternLock (1.20+)
  • ABMPDFViewer (1.08)
  • ABMPercentSlider (2.50)
  • ABMPlanner (2.50)
  • ABMPivotTable (1.08)
  • ABMRange (1.05)
  • ABMSignaturePad
  • ABMTimeLine (1.10, depreciated in 4.00)
  • ABMSlider (1.05)
  • ABMSmartWizard (3.00)
  • ABMSocialShare (1.07)
  • ABMSocialOAuth
  • ABMSVGSurface (1.20+)
  • ABMSwitch
  • ABMTabs
  • ABMTreeTable (1.04)
  • ABMUpload
  • ABMVideo

Helpers:
  • ABMContainer
  • ABMFlexWall (1.10)
  • ABMGenerator (1.07)
  • ABMModalSheet
  • ABMNavigationBar
  • ABMPage
  • ABMParallax
  • ABMSideBar (2.00)
  • ABMTable
  • ABMTableMutable (1.20+)
Other:
  • Firebase Auth (1.20+)
  • Firebase Storage (1.20+)
  • Configurable App and Content folders (2.00)
  • Lorem Ipsum Generator (2.00)
  • Grid Builder (2.00+)
The Grid Builder:
With the Grid Builder you can build the responsive framework very easy. This has been the most difficult part for beginners to understand. But now with the builder, you have no reason to not use ABMaterial :)

gridbuilder1.png


There is an online demo at http://abmaterial.com
Alternative url: http://prd.one-two.com:51042/demo/

NEW: You can now support BANano and ABMaterial here too: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysbusy


This means it is free to use, but consider this: it took me already thousands of hours to program ABMaterial, all done in my free time early in the morning and deep into the night. Not only will a donation push me to continue developing ABMaterial , remember, you'll get a warm and fuzzy feeling doing it!

Download version 5.15 - for jServer 4.00 (open source, library only):

ALWAYS TAKE A BACKUP BEFORE USING A NEW VERSION!


ABMaterial 5.15 is now available on github and is open sourced :cool: (AS IS)! This version has been in heavy use (development and production) within our company for over a year now without major alterations, so I consider it very stable and ready to be open sourced.

I trust no one here will publish a clone or take credit for my work and I would consider it common courtesy if you find a bug/fix/new feature, you report back to me so I can make the same changes in the official library and everyone can benefit from it.


Note: next to downloading the library, you need also to download the accompanying www zip files from the same github (releases) containing the latest javascript/css/font files.

The procedure from Github for 5.15:

1. Download https://github.com/RealAlwaysbusy/A...eleases/download/v5.15/ABMaterial5.15-bin.zip
2. Download https://github.com/RealAlwaysbusy/A...r4.00/releases/download/v5.15-www/www5.15.zip
3. Unzip ABMaterial5.14-bin.zip and copy all .xml and .jar files to you B4J Libraries folder
4. Unzip www5.14.zip
5. In the projects you are working on (e.g. a for Dummies project) delete the following folders in \www
  • css
  • font
  • js
6. Copy from the unzipped www5.12.zip the 3 folder (css/font/js) to the \www folder where you just deleted these 3 folders.

ALTERNATIVE DOWNLOAD: Download the ABMMini project where everything is included (Library, www and a Template project):

Additional Resources:

Demo source code (for v4.51, not yet updated for 5.15, but still usefull to learn ABM): https://gorgeousapps.com/ABMExtras4.51.zip

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did creating it and I look forward to see the killer apps you will make with ABMaterial!

Also consider BANano if you are planning to write Websites/Apps in B4J!

Alain Bailleul
Alwaysbusy's Corner
 
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aidymp

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Yes. The last months, some forum members and me have worked very hard to solve the 'connection lost' problem. But this also meant in ABMaterial, stuff had to be programmed differently by you, the programmer. Events have gone, others added (e.g. the whole page_ready event part is gone). Normally, in the next couple of weeks the new donator version 2.50 will be ready, and I will be able to release the free 2.20 version then also. So it depends on your patience ;)

Anyway, it dees not hurt to play with 1.22, just don't start a new 'real' project with it.

patience! major changes! donated! ;) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX304W

Thanks

Aidy
 

Harris

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patience! major changes! donated! ;) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX304W

Thanks

Aidy

As a card carrying member of this team, we (sorry I) expect you carry out the following:
1. Enjoy! ABM is feature rich and simple to deploy. When you discover new things:
2. Please! Enlighten us with your discoveries. We all love to learn.

Thanks
 

alwaysbusy

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It has been a while since I've been able to release a new update for the free version of ABMaterial, but here it is: 2.20 Public Release. This update contains an important new tool, the ABMGridBuilder!

See https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/abmaterial-framework-for-webapps.60072/ for the download links.

NOTE: Read the included documents carefully!

Donators: the mail for version 2.50 has been sent too :)
 
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MichalK73

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In DEMO and Chat I have error. ABAplication line number 186 and 146 srvr.AddBackgroundWorker("ABMCacheScavenger") "unknown member:AddBackgroundWorker". new Libraries copied to libraries.
Any ideas?

Edit: I disabled line 146 and 186 and work. Good?
 
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mindful

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In DEMO and Chat I have error. ABAplication line number 186 and 146 srvr.AddBackgroundWorker("ABMCacheScavenger") "unknown member:AddBackgroundWorker". new Libraries copied to libraries.
Any ideas?

Edit: I disabled line 146 and 186 and work. Good?
You need to use jServer library version 2.70
 

amminf

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ABM 2.50: A new big step in ABMaterial life.

Grid Builder, ABMChat, ABMPlanner, etc, etc ...

And ABMGridTable is yet to come .... :)

Congratulations and many thanks for your work.

PD. Today I made my second donation to AB for his enormous work ;)
 

orynkanov

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Hello!
How do ABMaterial and apache ProxyPass?
ProxyPass /cabinet http://192.168.88.2:8888/cabinet
ProxyPassReverse /cabinet http://192.168.88.2:8888/cabinet
ProxyPass /ws http://192.168.88.2:8888/ws
ProxyPassReverse /ws http://192.168.88.2:8888/ws
ProxyPass /js http://192.168.88.2:8888/js
ProxyPassReverse /js http://192.168.88.2:8888/js
ProxyPass /css http://192.168.88.2:8888/css
ProxyPassReverse /css http://192.168.88.2:8888/css
ProxyPass /font http://192.168.88.2:8888/font
ProxyPassReverse /font http://192.168.88.2:8888/font
It does not work.
 

alwaysbusy

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Announcement: Next week, ABMaterial 3 "Chipmunk" will be released (and 2.51 "Butterfly" public too of course with the Google Analytics fix).

From now on, every major version will have a codename. Those names were already used internally by me and are animal names, matching the versions position in the alphabet. (FYI, version 1.x was "Albatros"). For version 4.0, I'll let you decide what it is called :)

For the occasion, I gave the demo app a new Theme, which made it possible for me to test (and fix) some Theme issues. By default, ABMaterial still uses the light-blue theme.

So have a look at http://abmaterial.com (or http://prd.one-two.com:51042/demo)

ABMaterial300Chipmunk.png
 
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