Designer in the Browser

This article describes the Designer in the Browser, and its properties and behaviours.

The Designer in the Browser (or DIB for short) is a 1-for-1 of the Squirrel Desktop Client, just hosted in a browser window. The DIB was created to allow people to get stuck into Squirrel quickly and without the need to download the client to their computers.

Everything that can be completed in the Squirrel Desktop Client can be done in DIB.

A capture of the Designer in the Browser. It is extremely similar to the desktop client and holds all the same functionalities.
SImilarities
Differences

Placing and editing of components, functions and connections

Files cannot be saved to a local machine. They must be saved to the cloud and then downloaded from the Squirrel File Explorer

Import and Export spreadsheets

View in Design, Debug and Preview modes

Publish Locally and to the Cloud

Accessing Project Settings and changing publish options

Use of CSS and JavaScript

Accessing and viewing published projects in the Project Manager (even if published from the desktop client.

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