The [[productName]] playground is an application that allows you to view examples of API building blocks, interactively modify them, and view the effects directly on screen.

The user interface shows a tool bar at the top and the workbench below it.

Tool Bar

At the top of the playground view, you can see a tool bar with the following items:

examples

opens a menu listing a choice of examples you can launch in the workbench

console

logs the status of the playground and shows error messages

api configuration

allows you to select the API packages (functionality) or specific implementations of the packages that you wish to use; select "none" to prevent a package from being loaded, "auto" to let the [[productName]] choose the best option for the client environment automatically, or select a specific named package to force it to be loaded (this is not recommended)

<code>

displays the code of the example displayed in the workbench; you can modify the code and view the result in the workbench by clicking "do it!" (or use the shortcut "Ctrl+Shift+S"); the "reset" button restores the original code of the example, while "close" removes the code area from the display

note toggle buttons

appear when an example contains notes. These buttons simply hide and show their corresponding workbench notes.

Workbench

The workbench covers the main part of the view area below the tool bar and contains maps and notes describing each example.