PowerBuilder Professional Edition
Build Applications Better & Faster
The Professional Edition of PowerBuilder 2025 gives you access to all the developer productivity features that Appeon offers, including ultra-fast compiler, enhanced source control, automatic creation of REST APIs, and automatic app deployment.
Core Features You Already Love in Standard Edition
The Professional Edition includes all the features of the Standard Edition, including:
New Code Editor
Get a Visual Studio-like coding experience with features like IntelliSense, collapsible code blocks, and line numbering.
Codeless UI Modernization
Quickly uplift your app's UI or functionality with zero re-coding by leveraging the configurable features: UI Themes, Menu in RibbonView, Tabbed MDI View, DPI Awareness, and improved graph engine.
Open Integration
Openly integrate with .NET libraries by directly importing it into your project or consume REST APIs with the HTTPClient object.
Advanced Features Only in Professional Edition
Ultra-Fast Compiler
Experience a revolutionary leap in build performance with our new ultra-fast compiler. It dramatically reduces compile times for both full and incremental builds so you can focus more on coding and less on waiting.
2-3× Faster Full Builds
2-3X faster build times is typically the minimum, and larger more complex apps can be as much as 10X faster.
True Incremental Builds
By rebuilding only what has changed, incremental builds can now take just seconds.
Automatic Project Conversion
Automatically convert your project to the new high-performance compiler.
Enhanced Source Control & DevOps Integration
Streamline your version management and automate your deployment pipelines with enhanced integration tools.
Native Git/SVN Support
Native support for Git and SVN—manage source code more efficiently by tracking plain text files only.
Faster CI/CD Processes
Storing source code as plain text enables quicker source control operations and allows you to fully leverage third-party CI/CD utilities.
Fewer Merge Conflicts
Code order is faithfully preserved, reducing false merge conflicts and streamlining team collaboration.
Automatic REST API Creation
Modernize your application architecture effortlessly by automating REST API creation within the PowerBuilder IDE.
Built-in Wizard
Within the PowerBuilder IDE, automatically create standard C# REST APIs from existing DataWindows.
Seamless Maintenance
The generated C# code is fully compatible with SnapDevelop or any other C# editor.
Flexible Deployment
REST APIs are compatible with .NET 8 on Windows and Linux, ensuring broad deployment options.
Automatic App Deployment & Extra Security
The PowerClient deployment project type is an automatic way to deploy and safeguard your client/server applications with advanced deployment and security features.
No Code Changes Required
Configure and deploy with ease—client/server apps can be automatically installed and self-updatable (including runtime and external files) over HTTPS.
Enhanced Security Measures
Protect your app from malicious attacks with PBD encryption, code signing, and application integrity checks.