B4J Library [Web][ABMaterial] Framework for WebApps

TIP: For absolute beginners with ABM, Get started with the Mini Template
TIP: Get started with 'ABMaterial For Dummies' by Harris here! (lessons)
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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 5.12 - for jServer 4.00 (open source, library only):

ALWAYS TAKE A BACKUP BEFORE USING A NEW VERSION!


ABMaterial 5.12 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 5.12:

1. Download https://github.com/RealAlwaysbusy/A...eleases/download/v5.12/ABMaterial5.12-bin.zip
2. Download https://github.com/RealAlwaysbusy/A...r4.00/releases/download/v5.12-www/www5.12.zip
3. Unzip ABMaterial5.12-bin.zip and copy all .xml and .jar files to you B4J Libraries folder
4. Unzip www5.12.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.

Additional Resources:

Demo source code (for v4.51, not yet updated for 5.12, 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
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Harris

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@Cableguy not really? Is there something specific in 4.25 you need?
new canvas features - snapshot (and of course the new groovy file manager...). I shall need to upload js, font, css to this remote server (mine site) and it is real beotch to get to when of-site (sat internet connection - horribly slow and fragile). Here to March 11/18 - then gone for good (that is IF it ever stops snowing so a jet can land).

Thanks
 

Mashiane

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@Harris I'll see what I can do, but with the new B4JS functionality in 4.25, I hesitate in releasing this version way to early.
Nice. In other news, some of us are still coming to grips with pure ABM and stabilizing WebApps without B4JS and will perhaps take another couple of months/year to B4JS ahead. What if you flavour 4.25, one with B4JS and another without B4JS? #CrazyTalk
 

Harris

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@Harris I'll see what I can do, but with the new B4JS functionality in 4.25, I hesitate in releasing this version way to early.
Ok, no prob... Likely needs beta by some before official release...
I should be able to pick new files only from js, font, css (4.25) and upload them - rather than the whole shooting match.
 

alwaysbusy

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you flavour 4.25, one with B4JS
Impossible. B4JS and ABM are interwoven so much once I've taken that road there is no going back. Maintaining one framework is more than enough...

I should be able to pick new files only from js, font, css (4.25) and upload them - rather than the whole shooting match.
Yes, I always try to make a 'Upgrade' folder since a couple of versions for the css/js/font so it should be a minimal upload. Of course, you still need to do the jar.
 

ahorro1

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I have made a donation to your paypal acount to support your extraordinary effort with


ABMATERIAL and B4JS.

So please, can you send me the user and pasword?


Thanks in advance:)
 

ahorro1

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Don´t worry, alwaysbusy.
We are in a hurry too. (my wife is beside me), We are working this weekend in our ISO 9001:2015 certification process. (next monday and tuesday)
So you can imagine how "great" :confused: is going to be the next four days.
Thanks again for your real "great" job.:)
 

alwaysbusy

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ABMaterial 4.25 Donators is now released! For the current public version (4.03) see https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/abmaterial-framework-for-webapps.60072/.

Donators can download Dragonfly from the feedback app.

NOTE: Read the README.TXT file carefully!

With ABM 4.25 comes the first version of B4JS, a transpiler that can convert B4JS code to pure Javascript! Something I wanted to make for a long time now. I restarted the project instead of building on what I had in 2016 because ABM has matured a lot since then.

Like any 'new' language, we will hit some bumps and limitations in the beginning. B4X wasn't build in one day either :)

But I'm confident with your feedback, B4JS can grow to be as production ready as ABM is today!

A lot in ABM had to be changed to make B4JS possible. There is always a chance something in ABM will be broken because of those changes. BUT, I will give ABSOLUTE PRIORITY to such cases. I have done extensive tests myself with our own Web Apps and that is why I'm pretty confident to release it to you now.

So, if you want to make the switch to ABM 4.25, make sure you got enought time to test your own apps and report as best as possible in the feedback app! (an example on how to reproduce the problem helps me enormously).
PLEASE DON'T PANIC!!! Report the problem and I'll look into it. Some 'maintenance' releases will then follow quickly.

An introduction and some tutorials can be found https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/abmaterial-b4js-00-introduction.90249/
Also, in the zip there is a B4JS demo demonstration most of the is described in the tutorials.
 

roberto64

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Hi ABM
I would like to make a donation for your work, I downloaded the version of ABM 4.03 to understand how it worked, but I still find it difficult to understand the function, I realized that I had to copy the template folder and rename it with a different name based on my demanding I would like to know if there are any manuals that explain the first approach with ABM.
regards
 

Johan Hormaza

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Hi ABM
I would like to make a donation for your work, I downloaded the version of ABM 4.03 to understand how it worked, but I still find it difficult to understand the function, I realized that I had to copy the template folder and rename it with a different name based on my demanding I would like to know if there are any manuals that explain the first approach with ABM.
regards
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/abmaterial-abmaterial-for-dummies-lessons.88346/
 
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