MOBL

To get a flavor of what mobl looks like, this section will demonstrate the implementation of a simple to-do list manager.

mobl applications do not rely on any particular server-side technology, only handling the client-side aspect of your application.

Rather than building a framework on top of an existing language, mobl started with a clean slate as an external DSL.

mobl can be described as a domain-specific language (DSL), a language aimed at a particular application domain.

mobl is not the only DSL for mobile development.

Is mobl still a DSL, considering the fact that it has GPL features?

configuration module (config. mobl): defines application configuration options.

In mobl we tried to make the language feel familiar by keeping its syntax and semantics close to JavaScript's.

The mobl compiler (integrated into the IDE) compiles mobl modules to a combination of HTML, JavaScript and CSS on every save.

A goal of mobl is to be flexible as well as expressive.

Transparent data persistence: mobl has language constructs to define data models using entity declarations.

In certain cases, mobl adds syntactic sugar for particular libraries.

mobl is still a young language.

In mobl, user interfaces are defined using screens and controls.

The mobl standard library also provides higher-level controls such as tab sets, master-detail views, context menus and expandable lists.

mobl is a textual, statically typed, compiled language that is primarily used through its Eclipse plug-in.

To learn more about these features, look through the tutorials on the mobl website.

The first line of this mobl module defines that this is an application module. mobl has three types of modules

The mobl language has a number of features that aim to increase the productivity of mobile developers

In addition to language constructs for defining user interfaces, data models, and application logic, mobl also has constructs for