Launching AppBuilder

Prerequisites

You must have the latest version of the Google Chrome browser, or Apple Safari installed.
On Mac, ensure that you have granted execute permissions to the AppBuilder start shell scripts as described in Installing AppBuilder.
Complete the steps listed in Setting up the Development Environment.

Launching AppBuilder on Windows

To launch AppBuilder from the command line:

Open a command prompt
Change to the directory where you extracted the contents of the AppBuilder .zip file.
Execute run.bat.

Note: If you prefer not to use the command line, you can launch AppBuilder by navigating to the file where you extracted the contents of the AppBuilder .zip file and double-clicking on run.bat

The AppBuilder Start page is displayed in a browser window with the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:9009/ide/ares/index.html.

Installing AppBuilder on Mac

Launch AppBuilder using Terminal.

Open Terminal.
Change to the directory where you extracted the zip file.
Enter ./run.sh at the prompt to launch AppBuilder.

The AppBuilder Start page is displayed in a browser window with the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:9009/ide/ares/index.html.