Introduction to PowerBuilder

An Introduction to PowerBuilder

PowerBuilder is a 4GL client / server enterprise development tool. Its strongest strength is database connectivity and object-orientation implementation and strong world-wide-web support. In its initial releases, PowerBuilder was just used as a client—talking to the database server directly. However from version 5.0 onwards PowerBuilder applications can be deployed as client, as a middle tier application or both. With version 6.0, it supports transaction servers such as Jaguar CTS and Microsoft Transaction Server. In version 7.0, it can generate pure HTML and JavaScript to display a DataWindow on the web and apply changes back to the database over the web.

After this session you will get an understanding of:

• PowerBuilder features
• Powersoft family of products
• Various PowerBuilder editions and features available in each edition

Estimated session time:

45+ minutes

Prerequisites:

• Some knowledge about client/server applications would be helpful but not mandatory