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[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Richard,

I believe RealStudio WE does everything we can reasonably expect from an HTML5 app. So, yes, I'd say they did it. It is funny that you consider HTML5 traditional already, but I do tend to agree.

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On 23 mrt 2012, at 16:32, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Mark Schonewille wrote:
> 
> > On 23 mrt 2012, at 11:29, Ray Horsley wrote:
> >> After giving this idea some further thought I wouldn't bet on
> >> it either.  How would something like "import snapshot" be
> >> exported to HTML5?
> >
> > RealStudio did it. RunRev can do it too.
> 
> Did they?
> 
> I think it depends on what the definition of "it" is.
> 
> Like LiveCode, RealBASIC can be used to make a nearly infinite variety of apps.   From reading their forums, browsing their examples, and reviewing their docs, it seems that their web solution only supports a relatively narrow subset of all possible types of applications that can be made with the tool.
> 
> For what it does, RealBASIC's Web Edition seems like a very useful thing.  But it assumes that you want to make a fairly traditional client-server database app comprised of list and form views.
> 
> Thus far I've seen no RB Web Edition examples of things like custom drawing apps, interactive multimedia CBTs, or even the tutorial they provide for building a word processor.
> 
> If I've missed examples of these sorts of apps being automatically converted to web-ready HTML/JS with their Web Edition, please provide the URLs; I wouldn't at all mind being wrong on that, as it would represent a very powerful technology shift that would completely revolutionize web development, well worth knowing about.
> 
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