This is a great question!

IMHO, there is no substitute for "getting your hands dirty"... Consider: If a person wants to become a proficient surgeon, they must do much, much more than simply watch a video, take an online class or read a book - they must also invest time, effort, and practice by doing. While I am NOT saying that learning PowerBuilder is equivalent to learning to become a surgeon, I suggest the same multi-faceted approach can be valuable. Here are several avenues for you to consider:

Online: In addition to Appeon-U for step-by-step introductory instruction, there exist PB web sites with tips & techniques, such as:

• Real Gagnon's How-To: https://www.rgagnon.com/topics/pb-powerscript.html
• Schultz's PowerBuilder Notes: https://pbbraindump.wordpress.com/
• Matt Balent's Anvil of Time: https://anvil-of-time.com/
• Chris Pollach's Great White North Technical Evangelist: https://chrispollach.blogspot.com/
• Appeon's PB User's Guide publication: https://docs.appeon.com/pb2022r2/pbug/index.html
• Appeon's PB Application Techniques publication: https://docs.appeon.com/pb2022r2/application_techniques/index.html
• Appeon's Knowledgebase: https://www.appeon.com/developers/get-help/knowledgebase?product=PowerBuilder
• Appeon Community Tech Articles: https://community.appeon.com/index.php/articles-blogs/tutorials-articles/2-powerbuilder
  There are currently 109 PowerBuilder technical articles listed on a wide variety of sub-topics.

Dig into example PB app's and PB frameworks... Don't just run them, figure out how and why they do what they do:

• Roland Smith's Top Wiz Programming: https://www.topwizprogramming.com/freecode.html
  There are dozens of well-crafted, concise free code example applications.
• Chris Pollach's Software Tool & Die (STD) Foundation Class libraries: https://sourceforge.net/projects/stdfndclass/
  Chris also has a number of applications built on the STD libraries that can be downloaded.
• Appeon Community CodeXchange: https://community.appeon.com/index.php/codeexchange/powerbuilder
  There are currently 196 PowerBuilder submissions posted that you can learn from.
• PowerBuilder Foundation Class (PFC) libraries: https://github.com/OpenSourcePFCLibraries
  Both the PFC and the STD frameworks contain many excellent and useful objects and methods that can be adapted and utilized in many situations.

Books: There are a few older PB books around that can still be found:

• The Definitive DataWindow (ISBN: 0-201-70224-X). There are currently three copies available on e-bay.
• PowerBuilder 9: Advanced Client/Server Development (ISBN: 0-672-32500-4). Three copies now on e-bay.
• PowerBuilder Foundation Class Library Professional Reference (ISBN: 0-07-913267-7). Also available on e-bay.

You already are using the Appeon Community Q&A forum. Ask questions! We will not write your code for you, but we'll do our best to answer specific questions related to Appeon products.

Good luck and best regards, John

This is another useful site:

https://www.powerbuildertv.com/index.php/en/ Look at the "Archives" menu.

regards

Hi PB User;

  FYI:  https://www.appeon.com/appeon-u

HTH

Regards ... Chris