The Alpha Software Newsletter October 2013 Edition The Alpha Software Newsletter was created to help keep developers like you informed about everything that is happening in the world of Alpha Anywhere. Below, we've highlighted some of the most important news, tutorial videos, and blog posts from the past month or so to help guide you through our ongoing Alpha Anywhere product development effort. The “Extra” Needed When Building Responsive Mobile and Desktop Business Apps vs. Responsive Websites In a recent blog post and video, Alpha Software’s CTO Dan Bricklin, introduces the concept of Responsive App Layout & Design. Read more → Another "Game-Changing" Alpha Anywhere Capability: Absolute Positioning of Controls With the upcoming AbsoluteLayout Container, Alpha Anywhere developers can now place controls at absolute positions on the screen using an astoundingly simple WYSIWYG drag-and-drop interface. Read more → This concept has also been applied to reports now Alpha Anywhere Developer Praises New Absolute Position Feature for Building Mobile and Desktop Apps with Forms Independent Alpha developer Max Hammond demonstrates how he is using the AbsoluteLayout Container to build forms for a series of healthcare clinics, describing it as a "game changing capability because it makes it so quick and easy to build apps with forms that are identical to what people currently use and are comfortable with." Read more → Building an HTML5 Mobile App Menu System in Alpha Anywhere vs. JQuery Mobile How does Alpha Anywhere's HTML5 development environment stack up against other tools? We compare how to create a mobile app menu system with Alpha Anywhere vs. JQuery Mobile. Read more → Mobile Catalog Application Built Rapidly with Alpha Anywhere Access developer turned Alpha Anywhere developer David Kates demonstrates his mobile art catalog application, "The Art of Medicine and the Body," built rapidly with Alpha Anywhere. Read more → Just in - another mobile example of a business app built rapidly in Alpha Anywhere - A system for Business Continuity and Disaster recovery Alpha Anywhere Now Offers Printing QR Codes on Layout Table Reports as a Built-In Feature With the latest pre-release build, Alpha Anywhere now includes Printing QR Codes on Layout Table Reports as a built in feature. Read more → More New QR Code Features: Displaying QR Codes on a UX Component A common requirement, especially in mobile applications, is to display data encoded as a QR code. Now, Alpha Anywhere makes it easy. This video shows how QR codes can be shown on a UX component using both client-side and server-side techniques. Read more → No Interest Student Loan Management System Built with Alpha Anywhere and MS SQL server In this case study, independent Alpha developer Doron Farber of The Farber Consulting Group presents his custom accounting and student loan management software built in Alpha Anywhere. Read more → By Using Standards Such as CSS3, Alpha Anywhere Lets You Precisely Control Your App’s Appearance, and Delivers Tremendous Benefits The standard way in which browsers render checkbox and radiobutton controls is pretty drab. In this video, learn how to easily apply a rich set of styling options to radiobutton and checkbox controls. Read more → Customizable Ajax Callback Progress Bars Independent Alpha developer Jeff Benson of HighBrookCREATE shares two customizable progress bars built in Alpha Anywhere. Read more → What Drives Us to Make Alpha Anywhere the Fastest Way to Build Business Apps for Any Device? A crucial dimension at the core of Alpha Anywhere’s design is that we now live in a complex and ever changing world of hardware that must be able to run all types of business software. This includes desktops, laptops and all major mobile devices. Read more → Si, Jawol, Qui: Alpha Anywhere is Designed for Use Globally Selwyn Rabins demonstrates how with Alpha Anywhere its easy to build business apps with international language support and localized components. Read more →