Navigating the REALbasic Integrated Development Environment

Summary

Having a solid understanding of how to work with IDE is a requirement for developing REALbasic applications. In this chapter, you learned the basic steps involved in working with the REALbasic IDE. This included learning how to interact with the Project, Windows, and Code Editors. It also included a review of the Controls and Properties panes. You learned how to access and use REALbasic’s integrated Help system. In addition to all this, you learned how to work with and configure REALbasic menus and toolbars, including the Bookmarks bar, Tabs bar, and Editor toolbar. This chapter also provided you with various tips for working more efficiently within the REALbasic IDE, such as using Folder items to improve the organization of project items.