Discussion Forums
New Subscribers
BASIS offers four different public discussion forums for developers to connect, learn, and share:
- bbj-developer: For discussions about BBj development.
- barista-list: For discussions about Barista development.
- IDE-User-Group: For discussions about development specific to the VS Code Extension (NEW), BDT Eclipse IDE (since 2015) or BASIS NetBeans IDE (deprecated since the introduction of BDT), with additional resources available on the IDE User Group Wiki.
- addon-developer: For discussions about the AddonSoftware ERP solution.
All forums require approval to join and are monitored by BASIS engineers. To join one of these forums, send an email to sales@basis.cloud with your name, business information, and details about your work in Business Basic or other BASIS products, along with the discussion forum(s) you’d like to join.
Once your membership is approved, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Upon acceptance, instructions will be provided on how to start participating in discussions, sharing insights, and accessing group resources.
Please note that the forums are not avenues for free technical support. BASIS personnel are not required to respond to community forum posts.

BASIS uses Google Groups for all online discussion forums and are an email-based format. To post to the discussion forum, email [list-name]@basis.cloud. Replies are automatically posted to the group and viewable via the Web interface.
When replying to an e-mail, the reply-to address changes from the original e-mail address. All [list-name]@basis.cloud e-mails will automatically redirect to the group.
The Rules
The BASIS Community Forum User’s Guide.
These forums are intended as vehicles for open communication and knowledge sharing among our Customers. As such, most of them are not formally monitored by BASIS personnel. The descriptions above this section indicate whether BASIS monitors a particular forum. Developers should not consider the BASIS-monitored forums a means of requesting BASIS Technical Support.
If you need a question answered directly by BASIS Technical Support, contact BASIS Technical Support.
We expect all participants in these forums to be civil. We will not tolerate foul language or threats to other people, and you could be permanently barred from participating if you violate this. Because of the business use of these forums, we ask that you please stick to the topic and refrain from sending jokes and other off-topic messages.