Creating Business Applications with REBOL

Contents......Page 1
Installing & Running Programs......Page 4
Opening REBOL directly to Console......Page 8
Short Code Examples......Page 9
Basics of REBOL Coding......Page 26
Conditional Evaluations......Page 31
More Functions......Page 32
Managing Spreadsheet-like Data......Page 34
Simple List Algorithms (Count, Sum, Average, Max/Min)......Page 36
Searching......Page 38
List Comparison Functions......Page 39
Lists from User Input......Page 40
3 Data Storage Programs - Inventory, Contacts, Schedule......Page 45
Tables of Data - Columns & Rows......Page 48
Additional List/Block/Series Functions & Techniques......Page 51
Sorting Lists & Tables of Data......Page 55
CSV Files & PARSE Function......Page 59
2 Paypal Report Programs, analyzed......Page 60
Studying these Topics......Page 62
Basic Layout Guidelines & Widgets......Page 63
Performing Actions......Page 70
GUI Language Reference......Page 79
Telling Comparison......Page 86
4 Quick Review & Clarification......Page 88
Generic Text Field Saver......Page 89
Calculator......Page 90
File Editor......Page 92
Web Page Editor......Page 93
Inventory List Creator......Page 94
Inventory Sorter & Viewer......Page 95
Contacts Viewer......Page 97
Minimal Retail Cash Register & Sales Report System......Page 101
Email......Page 105
Scheduler......Page 107
Parts Database......Page 108
Time Clock & Payroll Report......Page 112
Blogger......Page 120
FTP Group Chat......Page 124
Group Reminder......Page 127
Univeral Report Generator, for Paypal & any other CSV Table Data......Page 131
DO, DOES & FUNC......Page 136
Scope......Page 138
Doing imported Code......Page 139
Separating Form & Function in GUIs - Check Writer App......Page 140
Full featured Group Note Sharing App......Page 144
Displaying & Sorting Data using Spreadsheet-like GUI Grids......Page 146
Creating Graphs, Plots & Charts with "Q-Plot"......Page 150
Drawing Charts using Raw GUI Code......Page 163
3D Graphs with r3D......Page 166
Google Chart API......Page 169
"Nano-Sheets" Spreadsheet App......Page 173
REBOL as Presentation Software......Page 179
Basic Layout Ideas & simple Code Framework for Presentations......Page 180
Tab Panels & Menus to present Information......Page 188
Show.r - Line-by-Line Presentation System......Page 194
"Screen Shot" Images of GUIs......Page 203
Embedding Binary Resources (images, sounds, files etc.) in Code......Page 204
Playing Sounds......Page 205
Running Command Line Applications......Page 206
Simple Animations......Page 207
Animated GIF Images......Page 209
Makedoc.r - HTML Document Builder......Page 213
Improved Text Editor......Page 214
GUI Builders & Learning Tools......Page 215
10 Real World Concerns & Examples......Page 217
Expanded Inventory Program......Page 218
Receipt Printer......Page 223
Advanced Time Clock & Automated Payroll Reports......Page 226
Comments......Page 231
White Space & Indentation......Page 232
Multi Line Strings, Quotes & Concatenation......Page 233
More about Variables......Page 234
Data Types......Page 235
More about Reading, Writing, Loading, and Saving to & from varied Sources......Page 237
Return Values & Order of Evaluation......Page 242
More about Conditional Evaluations......Page 244
More about Loops......Page 247
Why/How Blocks are useful......Page 252
REBOL Strings......Page 254
Built-in Help & Online Resources......Page 256
Saving & Running REBOL Scripts......Page 260
"Compiling" REBOL Programs - Distributing Packaged .EXE Files......Page 262
Common REBOL Errors & how to fix them......Page 264
13 Web Applications using CGI......Page 267
HTML Crash Course......Page 268
Standard CGI Template to memorize......Page 270
Form Mail......Page 271
Generic Drop down List Application......Page 272
Photo Album......Page 273
Simple Interactive Web Site Console......Page 274
Attendance......Page 275
Bulletin Board......Page 277
GET vs POST Example......Page 278
Group Note System......Page 280
Generic Form Handler......Page 281
File Uploader......Page 283
File Downloader......Page 286
Complete Web Server Management Application......Page 287
RebolForum.com CGI Code......Page 295
Etsy Account Manager......Page 298
Note about Working with Web Servers......Page 305
WAP - Cell Phone Browser CGI Apps (deprecated)......Page 306
Simple Loop Example......Page 313
Checkout Register & Cashier Report System......Page 315
Objects......Page 318
Ports - fine Grained Access to Files, Email, Network & more......Page 324
Console & CGI Email Apps using Ports......Page 328
Network Ports - Transferring Data & Files with HTTP......Page 333
Transferring Binary Files through TCP Network Sockets......Page 340
Transferring Data through UDP Network Ports......Page 343
PARSE (Regular Expressions)......Page 345
Using PARSE to load Speadsheet CSV Files & other Structured Data......Page 347
Parse's Pattern Matching Mode to search Data......Page 348
Responding to special Events in GUI - "Feel"......Page 350
2D Drawing, Graphics & Animation......Page 355
3D Graphics with r3D......Page 360
Several 3D Scripts using Raw REBOL Draw Dialect......Page 363
Sprite Sheets......Page 366
Multitasking......Page 373
DLLs & Shared Code Files in REBOL......Page 376
Multiple Network Security Camera App using Window's Webcam DLL......Page 382
REBOL as Browser Plugin......Page 386
Using Databases......Page 388
Menus......Page 392
Multi Column GUI Text Lists (Data Grids) From Scratch......Page 406
RebGUI......Page 420
RebGUI Apps - Spreadsheet, Rolodex, Member Manager, Editor, POS System......Page 424
Creating PDF files using pdf-maker.r......Page 433
Bar Codes......Page 442
Creating .swf Files with REBOL/Flash......Page 446
Printing with REBOL......Page 450
Remote Check Printing Application......Page 462
Creating Apps on Platforms that don't support GUI Interfaces......Page 466
Encryption & Security......Page 468
REBOL Tools - XML, Zip, Database, Network, Web Server & more......Page 472
REBOL Flavors......Page 473
Bindology, Dialects, Metaprogramming & other Advanced Topics......Page 474
Open Source......Page 475
Android Working Environment......Page 476
R3 GUI Basics......Page 477
Simple Requestors......Page 479
Layout......Page 481
Styles......Page 483
More simple Examples......Page 484
Additional Essential Resources......Page 486
Typical REBOL 101 Example......Page 487
Multi-User Databases......Page 488
Longer Example......Page 493
Obtaining Dynamically assigned Server Addresses......Page 498
Serving Clients HTML Form Interfaces......Page 499
Simplicity......Page 502
Installing Sigma Builder on Web Server......Page 503
Basic jsLinb Code & Sigma IDE Examples......Page 504
Connecting jsLinb Apps to Rebol CGI Server Applications......Page 506
Example Apps made with jsLinb & Rebol CGI Code......Page 509
Saving & Deploying your jsLinb Apps in Sigma IDE......Page 518
Some Data Grid Examples......Page 519
Powerful Layout Widgets......Page 526
jsLinb & Sigma Builder Documentation Features......Page 531
jsLinb Databinder to collect & set Form Data......Page 532
Larger Example App......Page 533
Connecting to Stand-alone Rebol Server Apps......Page 543
CrossUI......Page 545
20 Real World Case Studies......Page 546
Scheduling Teachers......Page 548
Simple Image Gallery CGI Program......Page 549
Days btw 2 Dates Calculator......Page 551
Simple Search......Page 557
Simple Calculator Application......Page 561
Backup Music Generator (Chord Accompaniment Player)......Page 565
FTP Tool......Page 569
"Jeoparody" Training Program......Page 580
Scheduling Teachers, part 2......Page 594
Online Member Page CGI Program......Page 601
CGI Event Calendar......Page 617
Media Player (Wave/Mp3 Jukebox)......Page 620
Guitar Chord Chart Printer......Page 631
Web Site Content Management System (CMS), Sitebuilder.cgi......Page 646
Downloading Directories - Server Spidering App......Page 690
Vegetable Gardening......Page 696
Additional Teacher Automation Project......Page 707
More about Creative Algorithmic Thought - Tetris Clone......Page 714
More Full Program Loops - Ski, Snake & Invaders......Page 742
GUI Playing Card Framework (Freecell Clone)......Page 757
Creating the REBOL "Demo"......Page 774
Thumbnail Maker......Page 780
Loops & Conditions - simple Data Storage App......Page 783
Listview Multi-Column Data Grid Example......Page 788
Image Effector......Page 793
Little Menu Example......Page 797
Shoot-em-up Video Game......Page 798
Bingo Board......Page 801
Voice Alarms......Page 802
Odds & Ends......Page 804
Beyond REBOL......Page 839
Author......Page 841