PowerBuilder Roadmap
Paving the way for a simpler, faster, open-standards approach to building cloud apps for .NET!
Appeon is innovating PowerBuilder in agile 6-12 month cycles. Over the next few cycles, we plan to revamp PowerBuilder’s approach to .NET, its server-side architecture, and the UI of your apps. We are committed to making C# development with PowerBuilder super easy while adhering to open standards. While we believe that a Desktop Cloud App (rather than HTML) is the best approach for business apps, you are free to use whatever client-side technology you wish. Of course, we are also enhancing development of traditional desktop apps.
PowerBuilder 2019 Update
PowerBuilder 2018 is officially renamed to PowerBuilder 2019. Considering how monumental of a release this is, we have decided to delay the product GA and instead conduct a formal customer beta program starting on January 03, 2019. Depending on the beta results and customer feedback, GA would be tentatively targeted for Spring 2019. We really hope many of you participate in the beta so we can make a great product that works for you!
Development, migration, and deployment has been validated.
Core server objects, including DataStore, have been developed.
Server runtime libraries have been confirmed to perform well.
Roadmap Details
This list shows the specific new features or enhancements planned for a particular release of PowerBuilder. Based on customer feedback and technology trends, it is possible a particular item may be changed, delayed, or removed. As such, it is important that you participate in the product roadmap by voting and commenting on the product roadmap. As a customer-driven company, we will carefully consider your feedback to make PowerBuilder work for you!
| Feature | Video | Planned Date | Revised | Status |
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Native PDF Print |
30 June, 2017 | 30 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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Windows 10 and latest DB, environment |
30 June, 2017 | 22 Dec, 2017 | Released | |
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Mobile Applications |
30 June, 2017 | 30 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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Cloud Licensing Model |
30 June, 2017 | 30 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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PowerBuilder Compiler Supporting Multiple Build Agents |
30 June, 2017 | 30 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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Localization Runtime Files for 8 European Languages |
8 December, 2017 | 15 Mar, 2018 | Released | |
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JSON Parser and Generator |
31 January, 2018 | 30 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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Native interface to Git & SVN |
31 January, 2018 | 30 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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Consume RESTful Web Services |
31 January, 2018 | 30 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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PostgreSQL Database Support |
31 January, 2018 | 31 Jan, 2018 | Released | |
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Datawindow JSON Retrieve |
31 January, 2018 | 30 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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Enhancing Native Interface to Git & SVN |
31 July, 2018 | 31 Jul, 2018 | Released | |
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Further Enhancing the Native PDF |
31 July, 2018 | 31 Jul, 2018 | Released |
