Server Mobile Application

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With HTML5 Builder and the RPCL library, you can create full-featured web-based mobile applications.

Unlike RPCL applications, mobile applications are not meant to be (just) deployed to a web server, and be accessed with a web browser. Instead, they are converted into stand-alone applications for mobile devices, and optionally a server version can be generated to enable server-side programming using AJAX. Of course, you can also use a mobile project to develop common web applications to be access through the internet, targetting mobile devices.

You can create a new mobile application from Home > New > HTML5 Builder Projects > Server Mobile Application, or you can add a new form to an existing application from Home > New > HTML5 Builder Projects > Files > Server Mobile Page.

Tip: You might want to get familiarized with RPCL applications before you start a mobile project.

Workflow

When developing mobile applications, each page is defined in a PHP script. The workflow is rather simple:

If this is the first time you develop a mobile application with HTML5 Builder, you should start with the Hello World.

Server-side and Client-side

The development of the logic of mobile applications with HTML5 Builder can be divided in two parts:

Server-side Development
The part responsible for generating the pages of your mobile application when deploying it to mobile devices. If used with AJAX, it can also be used to write logic for your mobile application that is meant to be processed in a web server called from the stand-alone version of your application, running on a mobile device connected to the internet.
Client-side Development
The part responsible for the logic that is processed in the stand-alone version of your application, the one deployed to mobile devices. This logic will not require a working internet connection on the device running the application.

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