PowerBuilder to Java or .NET

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PowerBuilder to Java or .NET
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PowerBuilder is an integrated development
environment (IDE) used to create applications.
PowerBuilder 12.5 has good integration with the
Microsoft. In fact, the vendor will tell you that
?PowerBuilder IS .NET?. Though originally
designed to compete with Microsoft developed
IDEs (primarily Visual Studio), the PowerBuilder
.NET integration was created to allow continuity
for the PowerBuilder project and to take
advantage of the .NET platform that many
developers are now using to create business
critical applications. PowerBuilder can be
thought of as a .NET language, with full Common
Type System (CTS) language support. The
PowerBuilder 12.5 for .NET IDE is preferred by
many application developers as it is a fast,
cost-effective and easy application development
software. The typical PowerBuilder business
application is high performance and data driven.
Technology used in the PowerBuilder .NET
integration is also unique in that it
continuously evolves to accommodate the latest
software advances on the Microsoft platform and,
of course, the business needs of the users. This
ability to keep up with advances in VUI (Visual
User Interface) advances as well as functionality
creates valuable competitive advantage for
businesses that use the PowerBuilder for .NET
platform.
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One of the reasons the PowerBuilder to .NET
platform is favoured as rapid application
development software by some developers is its
speed and simplicity. This development speed is
attributed to the graphical software construction
tools and the original PowerBuilder ?Data
Window? technology. This function, brought
forward to Powerbuilder 12 from the older
PowerBuilder versions allows developers to use
minimal coding to create data rich applications.
Thanks to DataWindow, developers using
PowerBuilder for the .NET environment may only
need to write a few lines of scripting code to
apply simple business logic to the UI screen.
The simplicity created by the PowerBuilder for
.NET technology through its declarative
programming environment, coupled with increased
levels of abstraction reduces complexities of
development and thus the time taken to create
applications. This leaves time for the developers
to find solutions to other business problems as
opposed to sending their time trying to make sure
their application development software is keeping
up with market developments in programming
languages, techniques and new technologies.
Programmers who grew up with PowerBuilder like it
a lot, for these and other reasons.
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Modernization of applications is the latest trend
today. Although Power Builder 12.5, the latest
release to embrace the .NET platform, also comes
equipped with multiple development options and
open database support, the problem for many shops
is that its still a closed environment. There is
only one vendor for this programming language,
there are few products available to integrate
with PowerBuilder applications, and PowerBuilder
development is not taught in trade schools and
universities. Vendor stability has also been an
issue. PowerBuilder originally was developed by
PowerSoft Corporation, who was bought by Sybase,
the database company, who have now been bought by
SAP, the Dutch ERP software vendor. There are
far, far fewer PowerBuilder applications in the
world than there are examples of more widely used
legacy languages like COBOL.
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PowerBuilder allows the creation of quite
sophisticated Graphical User Interfaces (GUI),
although the vast majority of PowerBuilder
applications are client-server implementations
that require desktop installs. The deployment and
maintenance cost of client-server applications is
significant, and Sybase (now SAP) is increasing
licensing costs. And the PowerBuilder developers
who trained in the 80s are retiring. Staying
with PowerBuilder is an option, but if its .NET
you want, why not let us modernize your
PowerBuilder to .NET as a real Microsoft Visual
Studio C and MVC application? Developers do
train for that platform. Or, if you prefer the
stability and security of Java, we can take your
PowerBuilder to Java also. In either
modernization approach, PowerBuilder to .NET or
PowerBuilder to Java, we can give you a true web
application with many familiar features even
grids that deliver DataWindow style
functionality. The code requires no desktop
installs, and takes advantage of the modern
frameworks that the best developers want to work
with. Make your applications the kind that the
best and brightest want to work on!