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PowerBuilder 10.5 is almost ready, and I'm sure you have a lot of questions about what's in the release and how it can make your job easier. You are also probably wondering why it's called "10.5," how it fits in with our roadmap for PowerBuilder, and what our plans are for tools in general, especially in light of the news that Borland is selling off its IDE product set. I will attempt to answer those questions and more in this update on the latest release. Let's address these items in reverse, starting with what is probably on everyone's mind - Borland's recent announcement to divest their IDE business. We've had some newsgroup postings and e-mails from concerned customers about our plans and if this affects our future direction at all for PowerBuilder, as well as our focus on tools in general. Rest assured that Sybase is committed to its developer tools. In fact, ... (more)

It's Time for Pre-8.0 Users to Update Their PowerBuilder Version

Are you a long-time PowerBuilder user who's still developing on an early version such as 5.x or 6.x? If so, now is the perfect time to move to PowerBuilder 9.0 for two reasons: 1.  You'll get the latest version of the industry's leading RAD environment with new client/server, Web, and distributed functionality. 2.  You'll be on a supported version of PowerBuilder. Engineering support for PowerBuilder 5.x and 6.x is no longer offered, and Sybase has announced the end of engineering support for all versions of PowerBuilder 7.x effective July 15, 2003. Update to PowerBuilder 9.0 Pow... (more)

PB 8-RAD Everywhere

The launch of PowerBuilder 8 coincides with the 10 year anniversary of the product. Sybase focused on three major areas in this release - the Web, EAServer integration, and n-tier development and productivity. Sybase has introduced a host of new features that speed up the development of client/server applications and provide some significant capabilities for next generation application development. The following is a Q & A with the PowerBuilder product manager, Sue Dunnell, and the editors of PBDJ. Q: Toward whom is this release oriented? A: This release was designed with the nee... (more)

Up Your Mobility

Remember the excitement you felt when you first learned to develop applications with PowerBuilder? Instead of taking three weeks to build a window like your C counterparts, you were painting windows in less than three minutes - and you were able to code functionality to connect those windows to your enterprise database! You delighted management by delivering projects in record time, you dazzled users with nifty graphics and easy to navigate applications, and you could even implement end users' change requests with lightning speed. A long time has passed since those days, and the... (more)

The Many Lives Of Power Builder Developers

There's no denying it. We're living in an n-tier world, especially since the release of PowerBuilder 7.0 and the Web DataWindow. It's almost counterintuitively caused many PB developers to ask themselves questions like: "What am I going to do with my client/server PowerBuilder skills? Where is the market going? Do I have to learn Java and JavaScript? Or C++? Or VB and VBScript?" As the manager at Sybase most immediately responsible for the future of PowerBuilder, I'm going to offer some clear-cut answers to these questions. Future Lives, Future Livings: Careers for PowerBuilder D... (more)