<s>
NS	B-Device
Basic	I-Device
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
development	O
tools	O
developed	O
and	O
commercially	O
marketed	O
by	O
NSB	O
Corporation	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Ontario	O
,	O
Canada	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
WebOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Newton	B-Device
OS	I-Device
,	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
manufacturers	O
and	O
licensors	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
systems	O
usually	O
supply	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
-based	O
tool	O
aimed	O
at	O
highly	O
skilled	O
professional	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NSB/AppStudio	O
provides	O
an	O
alternative	O
using	O
the	O
JavaScript	B-Language
or	O
Basic	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
NS	B-Device
Basic	I-Device
's	O
tools	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
over	O
three	O
million	O
developers	O
in	O
over	O
80	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2019	O
,	O
NSB	O
Corporation	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
NS	B-Device
BASIC	I-Device
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
,	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
and	O
a	O
deploy	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	B-Application
and	O
programming	O
language	O
are	O
modeled	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
languages	O
are	O
supported	O
for	O
development	O
:	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
BASIC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtually	O
the	O
entire	O
VBscript	B-Application
syntax	O
is	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
runtime	O
environment	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
WebKit	B-Language
:	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
technologies	O
is	O
exposed	O
to	O
the	O
AppStudio	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programming	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
in	O
Basic	O
or	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
PhoneGap	B-Protocol
,	O
jQuery	B-Language
Mobile	I-Language
,	O
Bootstrap	B-Application
and	O
jQWidgets	B-Language
are	O
fully	O
integrated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programs	O
produced	O
by	O
AppStudio	O
are	O
Web	B-Application
apps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apps	O
install	O
themselves	O
as	O
PWA	B-Application
offline	O
web	O
or	O
native	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
(	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
)	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
running	O
2.1	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppStudio	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
Electron	B-Operating_System
apps	O
which	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
Nodejs	B-Language
modules	O
is	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NSBasic/Newton	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
retired	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
MessagePad	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
entirely	O
on	O
Newton	B-Device
OS	I-Device
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
it	O
was	O
joined	O
by	O
NewtCard	O
,	O
a	O
Newton	B-Device
HyperCard	B-Application
analogue	O
sold	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
NS	O
Basic/Newton	O
released	O
was	O
3.61	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
undertakes	O
custom	O
development	O
for	O
companies	O
who	O
need	O
applications	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
