Running and editing very large apps now works better, thanks to our having
tripled the memory available to our server. More work will be done in the
future to enable very large apps to be edited and run with no performance
issues.
Inserting spaces in panel labels and app titles now works again. We have
completed work on the new payment experience and are working hard on
supporting apps that require users to sign in.
Heath has noted that his app icon gains a Chrome overlay icon when installed
to a user's home screen on Android. Our co-founder David explains that this
issue will go away when we revise our offline feature.
We're currently busy introducing paid plans to Calcapp, which explains why the
blog has been more quiet than usual. Our post has more details on what we're
currently working on.
Superscripts and subscripts appear above and below the baseline of the text,
respectively, and are useful when writing mathematical formulas. Use them
today in Calcapp Creator by copying and pasting the characters in this post.
You can now change your password using a new account settings box. If you have
a system-generated password, you will be asked to change it the next time you
sign in. Finally, you can now reset your password.
Editing and running very large apps is now a much smoother experience. Our
server now processes changes to such apps much more efficiently. Also,
navigating to a new panel in a very large app should now be instantaneous for
most apps.
This sample app is concerned with mortgages. The user enters the value of the
mortgage, the down payment, the tenure and the annual interest rate. The app
then calculates the amount due each month.
How do you convert a simple spreadsheet calculating a commission to an app?
There's more than one way to do it and what you choose depends on your
preferences. Our new sample app demonstrates three strategies.
Calcapp enables you to create apps that might otherwise have been
created using a spreadsheet. Create apps yourself without
time-consuming and expensive custom software development.