REALbasic Tips & Tricks
"You don't have to do it all yourself!" submitted by Ryan Dary
Did you know that you can out-source your development so that you don't have to program or design it all yourself? Ryan Dary Services can allow you to focus on selling your idea; we'll focus on getting the application or components done. Learn More
"MacSOS GraphPro" submitted by Thom McGrath
Need complicated graphing quickly? MacSOS has developed a wonderful set of professional graphing classes for REALbasic.
"iSeek: REALbasic NUG" submitted by Thom McGrath
Users of iSeek can search the REALbasic Network Users Group using this iSeek search site.
"The ZAZ Appcasts" submitted by Thom McGrath
Did you know that our ATOM and RSS feeds are also appcasts? Appcasts are just simple RSS feeds which contain enclosures linking to a download. When we release a new project or update an existing one, we link the download directly to the feed, so your feed reader can react accordingly. We also provide download options from the blog entry, and of course from the project page.
"MonkeyBread REALbasic Plugin" submitted by Thom McGrath
Although the name sounds a bit strange, the MonkeyBread REALbasic plugin allows you to do just about everything. This should be a part of every developer's arsenal.
"iSeek: RBGarage" submitted by Thom McGrath
Users of iSeek can search RB Garage using this iSeek search site.
"pgSQL4RB" submitted by Thom McGrath
Not having much luck with REALbasic's PostgreSQL database classes? Try Aliacta's pgSQL4RB classes. They're much faster, and fully functional.
"UniHelp" submitted by Thom McGrath
Help files are always a pain on even a single platform, but with REALbasic we have 3 platforms to worry about! So maybe some help from Electric Butterfly's UniHelp is in order.
"PNG Utilities" submitted by Thom McGrath
Tired of using 1-bit masks for your image transparency? Try using the lightweight, Universal, PNG Utilities plugin.
"REALbasic Nomenclature" submitted by Thom McGrath
Did you know that the company REAL Software makes the product REALbasic? Of course you do, but have you ever taken the time to notice the spacing and capitalization? The common abbreviations are, of course, RB and RS. But make sure you use each properly. For example, "The guys at RB really did a great job on this release" really doesn't make any sense, though we know is meant.
"Carbon Declare Library" submitted by Thom McGrath
Use the Carbon Declare Library to help make your Mac OS X application, more Mac-like.
"Amazon Web Services Library" submitted by Thom McGrath
Want to communicate with Amazon from within your REALbasic application? Just use Electic Butterfly's Amazon Web Services Library.