Tutorials and Examples

This page lists the available tutorials and examples pages, which are grouped according to their function.

Note: Firefox 3 has a known issue with loading some Backbase applications from the file system, because of a stricter security model than previous versions. Firefox 3 does not allow access to files other than the current directory and its subdirectories. The solution is to run Backbase applications from a local web server.

Hello World! Tutorials

These tutorials show you how to create a simple Hello World! example, and then expand upon it using JavaScript, XML, and Backbase-specific languages.

Data Binding

These tutorials take you through the data binding process, which involves using listGrids, treeGrids, fieldCreator, and fieldEditor. It also introduces the dataGrid, dataSchema and dataField elements, and shows you how to bind to a remote data source using Backbase Data Services, ASP.Net and PHP technology.

Introduction

Remote Data Sources

Using the Data Grid

Advanced Topics

Forms

These tutorials show you how to implement forms submission and validation functionality.

Animation

These tutorial demonstrate how you can animate your applications using Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL), CSS Filters, and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).

View Space

This tutorial provides a simple example for using Backbase's drag-and-drop behavior in a view space.

Declarative Execution

This tutorial provides a simple example for using Backbase's XML Execution Language (XEL).

Tools

This tutorial illustrates the usefulness of the Backbase Debugger tool.

Tag Definition Language (TDL)

These tutorials take you through the process of creating widgets using TDL.

Performance Tuning

These tutorials are included in a series that is aimed at improving the performance of Rich Internet Applications.

Advanced Topics

These tutorials offer useful details on advanced topics, such as cross-browser look-and-feel, the History Manager, and using SOAP messages and XPath extensions, as well as automated testing using Selenium.

Using ASP.Net with Backbase

These tutorials explain how to integrate ASP.Net technology within Backbase.

Integration

These tutorials demonstrate how easy it is to use third party widgets from companies like Google and Yahoo! within the Backbase Client Framework.