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Sometimes when we try to automate tasks, there is a need to iterate over branches or tags in a repository. Hardcoding branch names is a no-go because we want our scripts to be reusable. The first thing…

Flexbox Flexbox is a layout allowing views to adjust themselves based on their content and screen size. Flexbox was originally developed for web pages, however, native implementations of the Flexbox layouting…

Here at EclipseSource we love Figma. It is a great tool for UI design and prototyping. With its powerful layouting, prototyping and collaboration features, iterating on a design is a pleasure. In the end,…

Tabris.js application can be integrated into other existing Android applications. On the first impression, it can be considered complicated to use Tabris.js along with a native Android app. However, you…

[UPDATE] Tabris.js 3.7.1 has been released addressing a few bugs discovered in 3.7.0. With the release of Tabris.js 3.7 we are increasing the security level of Tabris.js apps. Strong authentication…

In this blog post, you’ll learn how to write unit tests for your Tabris.js application. To do that, you need a special setup to run your code without a native client because Tabris.js requires an Android…

The news is that Apple finally allows JIT compilation in iOS 14.2. JavaScript apps, among others, should be able to run at full speed now. Let's take a look at the situation. First of all, there was…

It is sometimes useful to get notified about the completion of a job executed on your CI service. When talking about manually triggered, long-running workflows, it could be easy to forget about them -…

The app widget is one of the desirable features in mobile apps and highly requested by Tabris.js developers. Unfortunately, we cannot directly use Tabris.js to create home screen widgets. However, we can…