Odd sort of rant. There is an old proverb about workmen blaming their tools. You don't say what your target platform is/was and why you did not pick the releva

Odd sort of rant. There is an old proverb about workmen blaming their tools. You don't say what your target platform is/was and why you did not pick the relevant "mainstream" tool to do your "professional" development task. NS Basic was a brilliant tool for writing Palm apps back in the day - very productive. The version targeting early Windows CE devices was a bit "me to" and failed to match the standard of the free tools supplied by Microsoft. I lost touch after that but still give all credit to the developer for the original. Edit: OK - I have now checked out the web site for NS Basic. Looks like a process that (sort of) generates an HTML/ CSS/ JavaScript (read standard) web app that is then wrapped as a "native" app using PhoneGap. Given that, why get NS Basic involved at all - just write the app in HTML and add the JavaScript required for functionality. jQuery Mobile would help if the screens are pretty steady. As far as I can see you ended up adding a huge layer of complication to no net advantage. I suppose the lesson is (as always) use the simplest tool set that gets the job done.