This week we’ve got some exciting news to share with you. We are introducing an important new feature that building apps using our platform. We call it Ignite Markup and it’s basically an XML flavour that you can use for creating applications directly, without using our web based builder.
This way we allow to build your app using any combination of views that are configured with a maximum degree of customizability. All you have to do is describe each screen of the app in XML form using the tags described here: http://dev.appscend.com. In order to get started, just create a new app and select “yes” from the “Use IgniteMarkup” drop-down box.
After creating the app, click to enter the “Ignite Markup settings” page. There you will have to specify the base URL where you will store the application files, the relative path to the main XML file and the view type of your main screen (more details about view types on the documentation page mentioned above). The remote XML sentinels and remote image sentinels are the relative path prefixes for these kinds of files.
Next, create a set of XML files and store them in the declared locations. From this point forward, you will be able to test your app using Catalyst and everything is in place for publishing your new application.
By using Ignite Markup you open a wide range of new possibilites as you are free to interconnect any number of web services and infrastructure. You could make a mobile front-end for your corporate database, or a highly efficient mobile app that directly accesses your existing web site. The choices are only limited by imagination and are compatible with any kind of technology and platform thanks to this descriptive language.
As usual, please let us know what you think on our feedback forum.
