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Resolved Suggestion (Is it good to work in powerbuilder ver. 9 or should change the job)

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  1. radha rani
    radha rani
  2. PowerBuilder
  3. Monday, 2 April 2018 16:25 PM UTC

Hi,

 

I am currently working from past 2 months in powerbuilder ver 9 ,I need your suggestion is it good to work in it or should i change my job soon.

Please advice me because here in organization they are still working on PB 9 and codes were written on 1998.

 

Please do advice me what to do..

 

 

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Michael Kramer
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  1. Monday, 2 April 2018 16:35 PM UTC
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Hi Radha,

I recently worked in PowerBuilder 2017 on code originating from PB 2 so we are talking early 1990s! There is nothing wrong with aging code - when it stays well organized.

However (as per my answer to previous e-mail on PB 9's age), I believe you could improve your skills and hence market value by learning the new PowerBuilder that Appeon delivers.

HTH /Michael

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radha rani
  1. radha rani
  2. Monday, 2 April 2018 16:43 PM UTC
Please suggest me how would i learn as here in our organization they are using PB 9 and I am completely noob to powerbuilder.



how do i getstart in PB.



Mail Id:radharani10jan@gmail.com



 

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Michael Kramer
  1. Michael Kramer
  2. Monday, 2 April 2018 18:20 PM UTC
Hi Radha,



Start by going through the PowerBuilder Fundamentals course on Appeon's website. It is free. And you can have a free version of PB 2017 R2 for training purposes (at least that is how I read the web page) using this link: https://www.appeon.com/appeon-u/downloads 



I would tell any developer new to PowerBuilder to follow the Fundamentals course which throughout the decades have had different names: Introduction, Fast Track, Fundamentals. It always served its purpose well of being a good walkthrough of all core pieces of PowerBuilder, DataWindows, access to databases, user interfaces, sound program structure, and the development environment.



After that course, start writing PowerBuilder code. As long as you code in PB 5 or later, all the practices you learn in the Fundamentals class are relevant.



And while you write code, be curious, click Ctrl+F1 to get context sensitive help, look in the manuals which are included in PB Help. Learning is a long path, but you get a long way one step at a time.



HTH /Michael

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Alfredo Aldama
Alfredo Aldama Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 2 April 2018 23:14 PM UTC
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Hi,

 

Great Tool, You know? Today there is PB2017 do not worry, Appeon has many examples and introductory courses, they are making it fashionable

 

Regards !

Atte.

Alfredo Aldama

 

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Kim Berghall
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  1. Wednesday, 4 April 2018 15:26 PM UTC
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PB 9 was a very good stable environment, we have used it until PB 2017. You should recommend that your organization upgrades to PB 2017. PowerBuilder was in is still one of the most efficient ways to build business applications. You can code circles around any other method. Also, we highly recommend using PFC. Another PB related tool that is extremely beneficial is ProDiff.

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