A class library is a collection of frequently used programs that software developers reuse when building applications. This book explains Powersoft's Foundation Class (PCF) Library for PowerBuilder. It covers application development, tuning and maintenance, and running PowerBuilder applications on the Internet. The CD-ROM contains templates and tools for building Internet applications.
Annotation Advanced guide to distributed applications using PowerBuilder 9. This book addresses development Web and Intranet-based systems, including Web Services, Portals, Application-Servers, XML, and Mobile Access. Content provides both specific implementation techniques and architectural patterns for distributed application development. PowerBuilder 9, to be released Q4 2002, introduces many highly-anticipated distributed development features including support for Web Services and Java application servers. Version 9 of PowerBuilder introduces many features designed specifically to blend the traditional strength of PowerBuilder as a rapid Client/Server application development tool with the new emerging models for distributed application development. PowerBuilder developers need PowerBuilder-specific information on interacting with Java application servers, such as WebSphere, WebLogic, and Sybases Enterprise Application Server (EAServer), and Web Service development. This book presents the new capabilities of PowerBuilder 9 along with the architecture and patterns required to create distributed systems in PowerBuilder. William Green and his team of writers are among the most prominent members of the Sybase community, having helped found TeamSybase in 1994. They have written and served on the advisory boards for every major PowerBuilder publication and have authored three books -- PowerBuilder 5 Object-Oriented Design and Development, PowerBuilder Foundation Class (PFC), and Secrets of the PowerBuilder Masters. They respond to several hundred newsgroups and listserv postings daily. They are active consultants implementing PowerBuilder-based solutions and serve on key community advisory panels within Sybase.
Written by a Team Powersoft insider, this is the A to Z guide to Optima++ in all three of its versions--Developer, Professional, and the eagerly awaited Enterprise version. The CD contains all source code from the book and shareware Optima++ utilities.
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PowerBuilder 5.0 is the latest version of Powersoft's best selling client/server development tool. This book concentrates on the core product, but also covers some of the advanced features that are available in the Enterprise version of the software, including C++ class objects and the PFC.
