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)
TIP: 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.

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

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

ABMaterial is DonationWare.

Click here if you like to donate

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 (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.

Github (source + binary release 5.14): https://github.com/RealAlwaysbusy/ABMaterial-Source-jServer4.00

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):

[ABMaterial/ABMServer] Mini Template for absolute beginners (update 2024/05/17)

Hi all, Since the lockdown everywhere, a lot of B4X users seem to want to learn ABM to make WebApps in B4J. That is great! :) However, some seem to struggle a lot to get started. I understand, as even opening up the template can be quite overwhelming with those Cache, Root, Page etc classes...

www.b4x.com

Additional Resources:

ABMGridBuilder (with source code): https://github.com/RealAlwaysbusy/A...nload/v4.00-ABMGridBuilder/ABMGridBuilder.zip

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

 

[alwaysbusy]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

ABMaterial 4.95 is now available on github and is open sourced (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.

Github (source + binary release 4.95): https://github.com/RealAlwaysbusy/ABMaterial-Source

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.

Alwaysbusy

 

[vecino]

Great
I had a project that in the end nothing has been done, because of the famous virus, but I'm looking forward to be notified so I can start using ABMaterial.
I need to know how it works first though

 

[MichalK73]

Is there compatibility with the previous version? Does the code from 4.51 needs to be changed to work on the new version ?

 

[alwaysbusy]

Is there compatibility with the previous version? Does the code from 4.51 needs to be changed to work on the new version ?

There might be, but they should be minor (like an additional parameter in a method). The IDE should point them out.

 

[alwaysbusy]

@MichalK73 and everyone else. It is always a very good idea to take a backup first!

 

[MichalK73]

I just quickly threw on 2 of my larger projects. No problems, everything works fine.
Will it be uploaded js, css, font on CDN (cdn.jsdelivr.net)? It speeds things up a lot.

 

[alwaysbusy]

Will it be uploaded js, css, font on CDN (cdn.jsdelivr.net)? It speeds things up a lot.

Could be a good idea! I see what I can do.

 

[alwaysbusy]

@MichalK73 I think the CDN should now be reachable at https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/RealAlwaysbusy/[email protected]/

Alwaysbusy

 

[Johan Hormaza]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

ABMaterial 4.95 is now available on github and is open sourced (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.

Github (source + binary release 4.95): https://github.com/RealAlwaysbusy/ABMaterial-Source

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.

Alwaysbusy

Is it possible to have this version already compiled as a B4J library?

Thank you and extraordinary work !!

 

[alwaysbusy]

see my answer here https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/abmaterial-framework-for-webapps-in-b4j.59347/post-865985

 

[MichalK73]

Will it be possible to give a small summary of what are the differences, innovations from the previous version?

 

[Ganiadi]

see my answer here https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/abmaterial-framework-for-webapps-in-b4j.59347/post-865985

Tried to download the 4.95 Library, but when copied to the Library files it still mentioned 4.51.

Tks

 

[alwaysbusy]

Tried to download the 4.95 Library, but when copied to the Library files it still mentioned 4.51.

You must have copied the wrong files. Or maybe you are looking at the column of 'latest'? That is possible this one still says 4.51 as I have not updated Erels document yet that the IDE reads. But it should show 4.95 when selected.

 

[Ganiadi]

You must have copied the wrong files. Or maybe you are looking at the column of 'latest'? That is possible this one still says 4.51 as I have not updated Erels document yet that the IDE reads. But it should show 4.95 when selected.

Yup you are right, it showed 4.95 now, but when tried to run it zip every files and not compile all the bas files.
Is there any steps i missed

Tks for your help @always busy

 

[alwaysbusy]

@Ganiadi Can you please start a new topic with '[ABMaterial] your question in the subject'? This one is for announcements only. Thanks.

 

[Ganiadi]

@Ganiadi Can you please start a new topic with '[ABMaterial] your question in the subject'? This one is for announcements only. Thanks.

Oh sorry @Allain, OK i will do
Thanks for your help

 

[alwaysbusy]

Note: when the final version of jServer 4 is released, I will release a new version where the used java libraries will be also updated to the ones the new jServer uses. This has no impact on your projects, but I think it is better that the library uses the same versions as jServer.

 

[Jmu5667]

Note: when the final version of jServer 4 is released, I will release a new version where the used java libraries will be also updated to the ones the new jServer uses. This has no impact on your projects, but I think it is better that the library uses the same versions as jServer.

Will it still support jServer 3.0 ? We have a lot of servers using jServer 3.0 (Java 8). At the moment we have no plans to move to Java 11+.

 

[alwaysbusy]

Will it still support jServer 3.0

I will have to look into that. Worst case scenario you may have to compile the lib yourself from the github project but I see what I can do.

 

[Cableguy]

Will it still support jServer 3.0 ? We have a lot of servers using jServer 3.0 (Java 8). At the moment we have no plans to move to Java 11+.

It's my undersranding that ABMaterial will not be gaining new features in any near feature ans this update os to jeep up with newest jetty version.
You can always jeep a copy if the lib that is based on jetty 3.0 in a différent folder, other than aditional libs.