Hello,
Released features and planned one (Roadmap)
We have been using Powerbuilder for more than 2 decades and still love to be a powerbuilder developer(s). We have tons of codes developed in powerscript and have experience in analysing and solving business problems in powerbuilder way.
Also we see that Powerbuilder is evolving to match the current trends, with the launch of Snapdevelop with a possibility to code in other (new) languages too.
By seeing all these, we have a little fear whether, all these new enhancement will force us to learn new languages / technologies ?
1. By moving to other languages, won't we become a freshers again?
2. What will happen to our codes developed in Powerscript, the only script that's support by Powerbuilder? Just lay it to rest....
3. With so many free/paid alternatives available in the market, why one more to do the same work, same way? [ SnapDevelop vs VS Code, VS ..... ]
Would like to know what's Appeons' Plan?
A. Whether to make Powerbuilder developers, a Web/Mobile Apps developers OR
B. Introduce one more IDE for Web/Mobile developers?
Being with Powerbuilder for so many years, what we expect is a way to build Web/Mobile apps with our existing knowledge and experience. A product which tells us to code in Powerscript and see the magic happening.
Hope you understand Appeon.
Happiness Always
BKR Sivaprakash
#2 Sorry for not being clear… I meant free for all PB subscribers. In future we might make it free to the general public.
#3 Yes, but as I said mentioned version 2022 supports developing UI. Currently it only supports non-visual projects (e.g. REST API development).
May be tooooo early.. have you planned the release period of 2022 ?