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REALBASIC 2008 BY REAL SOFTWARE
REALbasic is a rapid application
development environment that enables
developers to create high-quality, native
software for Windows, Mac and Linux.
REALbasic includes:
• An integrated environment designed
for developer productivity
• A modern, object-oriented
programming language
• A cross-platform object framework
• A cross compiler that produces native
executables
REALbasic is used to create all types of
applications, including database clients,
commercial software, custom business
solutions, educational products and more.
REAL Software ships
updates to REALbasic every 90 days. No
other software tools company ships
updates at this pace.
Each new REALbasic license includes all
updates for six months. When your
REALbasic update plan ends, you can
either purchase a one-year update plan
renewal or continue using any release that
shipped during your update plan.
The latest release features a new Attributes
language feature, an update to the project
analyzer to include warnings of depre-
ciated functionality and other code issues,
and an integrated profiler that allows pro-
grammers to track down performance
issues within their applications quickly and
without additional coding.
REALbasic is offered in two configurations,
Professional Edition and Personal Edition.
REALbasic Personal Edition is typically for
developers who make software for their
own, personal use. REALbasic Professional
Edition is intended for professional
developers who make software for other
people to use. REALbasic Professional
Edition expands on the features included
in the Personal Edition to offer a full-
strength development environment.
REALbasic Professional Edition is required
for cross-platform compilation.
REALbasic Professional Edition is intended
for serious application developers who
require a full-strength development tool.
REALbasic Personal Edition is intended for
students and casual developers who
develop applications for their own use.
Some features exclusive to Professional
Edition are:
Cross-platform compilation: REALbasic
Professional Edition compiles native
executables for Windows, Linux and
Macintosh from a single code base.
Remote debugging: REALbasic
Professional Edition includes a remote
debugger that enables you to observe
your code execution on one computer as
it runs on another computer. The remote
debugger enables you to write your code
on Windows, for example, and test it on
Linux and Macintosh. Because the remote
debugger is based on the TCP/IP protocol,
you can even remotely debug your
application on a machine in another
location, such as a customer site.
Database server access: REALbasic
Professional Edition provides access to
multi-user database servers, including
REAL SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and
ODBC. The MySQL plugin is a 3rd party
download from Alacatia Labs.
Database encryption: The REALbasic
framework includes a single-user database
engine based on the SQLite database.
REALbasic Professional Edition supports
AES 256 encryption on these databases.
Console applications: REALbasic
Professional Edition can create command
line applications that can run in the
background or when no user is logged in
to the computer.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): Supports SSL,
including the ability to switch to and from
secure mode on demand. It also supports
secure listening, which is required for SSL-
enabled servers.
ServerSocket: REALbasic Professional
Edition includes the ServerSocket class,
which enables the rapid development of
highly scalable TCP/IP server applications.
Automatically manages incoming
connections, the ServerSocket scales to
thousands of simultaneous connections.
Technical Support: Your REALbasic
Professional Edition license key provides
you access to Web-based technical
support directly from REAL Software for as
long as your update plan remains current.
WORDS BY E.L. GRIGGS
