Secret Weapon Labs

The basis for this post is a bit older, but nonetheless, it was interesting enough to warrant adding the REALbasic category (REALbasic being REAL Software’s version of an object-oriented BASIC programming language which compiles for Mac, Windows, and Linux)

Wikis are on of those things generated out of Internet idealism: they’re basically a free-content system that any user and accordingly, because most every Wiki is open to any user of the internet, they tease with the possibility of producing a sweet honey comb of information with all the efforts of the numerous worker bees. For a great example, see www.WikiPedia.org.

Well someone, actually George Ellenburg, decided it was time for the REALbasic community to have a Wiki of their own and the potential for something such as this is tremendous. With all of the various experiences of the RB users strewn about various emails and websites, something designed to centralize the knowledge and experiences with the RB product is a tremendous asset to the budding community of developers. REAL Software already maintains an excellent mailing list for users and coders alike, but, again, the knowledge communicated and dispersed is never categorized and not easily accessible, other than the search feature provided by REAL Software.

The snippet from the RB User group email is below:

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:35:54 -0500

ANNOUNCING RBDOCS.COM
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I would like to take this opportunity to announce and invite everyone to visit www.rbdocs.com.

RBDocs.com is a non-commercial, volunteer-effort, open-source, document and knowledge repository, for all-things REALbasic. The entire contents of RBDocs.com are licensed under a Creative-Commons: Attribution-Required, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike license.

Implemented as a WiKi, RBDocs.com allows anyone, anywhere, and at anytime, to make additions, edits, and changes to the site’s content. No login is required. Previous versions are automatically saved, and can be reverted back if necessary.

Outlining for a REALbasic Function Reference and Class Reference are completed, and work is under way outlining the Operator Reference, Method Reference, Keyword Reference, Constants Reference, and Error-Message Reference.

A special section has been created for third-party plugin and control authors to include documentation on their controls & plugins as well, providing a one-stop-shop knowledge repository for REALbasic
documentation.

For more information, Email me off-list, or better yet, subscribe to the RBDocs-Discussion Mailing List at http://lists.rbdocs.com/mailman/listinfo/rbdocs-discussion.

To receive a list of site-changes (as they occur), you can subscribe to the RBDocs-Changes Mailing List at http://lists.rbdocs.com/mailman/listinfo/rbdocs.

URL:

Sincerely,
–
George Ellenburg

ROCK ON GEORGE!! The RB repository you set up will start slow but I have no doubt it will grow and serve to be as useful to the community as RBgarage.com and even REAL Software’s site (there are, of course, other great sites but these are the two I use most frequently).

Lastly, two more links of note regarding REALbasic are:
– Real Software Slams Microsoft’s Patent Effort
– Patents Should Meet BASIC Tests