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    A good application development toolereates a GUlEront end that communicates with a SQL database server. In this PRODUCT COMPARISON we evaluate IWO such tools - Powersoft Corp.ts Powerlluilder 2_oa for Windows and Borlaad International Inc.'s Object Vision Pro 2. For Windows. We tested the functionality of the two tools in a challenging but not unusual environment.

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    A good application development toolereates a GUlEront end that communicates with a SQL database server. In this PRODUCT COMPARISON we evaluate IWO such tools - Powersoft Corp.ts Powerlluilder 2_oa for Windows and Borlaad International Inc.'s Object Vision Pro 2. For Windows. We tested the functionality of the two tools in a challenging but not unusual environment.

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    MARCH 1, 1993, PAGE 51 Executive summary bjectVision Pro and Power- Biaider are dite : ‘over traditional approaches, suchas Cobol and C “The ideal application development ‘vironment would et the developer ‘reat a GUI program by just po ing and clicking, and both products measure up wel inthis regard. Ob- jeetVision's GUI builder snot as ‘ich in features as PowerBuilder, butt offers the developer a cleaner, ‘ore intuitive work "The ideal SOL front-end product should communicate with vant of ‘atabase servers ad seas ite ‘rte information abou the tables 08 the server into the development cn: ‘PowerBuilder comes close to the ideal by incorporating the server's ‘data definitions into an extended ‘data dictionary and employing a powerful SOL Select statement brilder, In our tests, ObjectVision ‘was hobbled by slack ofan extend ced data dictionary and the need to bhuld SOL statements by hand. “When it came to handling the ebb ‘and flow of data from the Server to the secon and back what we call ‘ata choreography — neither prod- uct provided a point and-ticksolu- tiom PowerBuilder did offer some Two SQL front ends 2:22: ‘coms to have a strong bili chore. We test which is better for easy laptop development —asai'iis, beri tind appeared in our tests against a SOL ‘btabase server witha minimum ofefforton the develop- _yourarm fora quick check with the wets | "No development tool cam antic- {ers part and ideally no programming. inthe fei, simple to work onathome or | pate every possible application re- Tnihis product comparkon we evaluate On the ta. ‘ulrement, so extonsiiity an im two such Tools Powersoft Corps "PowerBuilder can be configured with | portant factor. PowerBuiiders prt PoweeBuulder20afor Windows and Bor: links to many popular SQL database | ary form af extensibility isthe Pow= land International Ines ObjectVision servers however we chose the XDB ink | erSoftseipting language, 8 robust Pro2I for Windows from corporate because we could hook to XDB under | procedural took. Object sion offers perspective, We wanted to know how Windows without a network. ObjecVi- | Along list of fnctions that the devel these products cited the most often sion Pro does not prove alink to XDB, | oper cam attach to decision trees to fin JfoWorld survey asthe SQL front so'we'wsed Q4E DalaLinkiOV, a Dy. | manipulate values or respond to ‘ends readers most wanted reviewed namic Link Library that extends Ob- | events. The dcision-tree paradigm inexorably being invaded by the pment team (those people who must SQLfuncions and XDBscrver protocols. | mets" a st and may ultimately lan common folk hard working people, prototypes new dca the morning. in-_ Wehustmiaadtcing abietoinaude Ver. | it their procedural control, but a Each witha PC. connection. and Sule matic rapid application devel. sion-4..of Gupta Corp's SOLWindows | hardy programmer using C++ might jobtodoInthe baie topreserve then» opment during lunch, and deliver aro- and Version 20 of Matesys Corp.'s Ob | improve the Tegrity ofthe corporate data resource, bust attractive solution before jectView, neither of which shipped in ime | new functions. ‘one ofthe lst lines of defense isthe MIS home tht night) for this comparison. (Our attempt oi pplication development team. Th 'We tested the functionality of the two clude Objectiew was further omptated Brave souls have been known io fling tools achllenging but not Unuxualsys- by KnowledgeWare Ines impending put Theméelves nto a breach in the ine, cod: tem configuration. Av application Gevel-_ chase of Matesys) We will review Mose ing furiolyin Cobol oC ‘opment moves rom the mainframe to products with these cera at ae date "Talay's advanced application develop: the desktop, why even bother with net. a ee ‘work overnead during th e ‘Chante Daring a fretance weer with MIS departments nced to produce high: We envisioned an MIS team using com- 19 year of experience In applcaon de ‘qual, eas-to-use solutions ina hurry.A putes pethapsaptops. that un both the velopment and relational database man- Bod tppiation deslopment oa simultaneously, agemont. He presi’ of Better Bus Stet a GU tron end that communicates with no network connection required, ese Solitons In, sed Geanvater, ‘witha SOL database server Itdocs so Simple 0 setup, simple to tuck under Pla, | TSS performed forthe MIS application devel. jeetVison's mative function et to clade may fel awkward to “real program PAGE 54 REVIEWS / PRODUCT COMPARISON MARCH 1, 1983 New set of tasks define how we score SQL front ends aon devopmentioowinvoiveran brief dacusion of gnifeat features Mis application development team hat we didn test) troring under a number of con- "Gur tests covred two major ares: sant product's featores ad funtion he eam must potiype cleauscrer Goorway to 4 SUL. dlabane ands soluion rapid then tcremcntalyr-sroys and weakness a appt finethe prottypetased on we feed. development oa back mot pace high-quality CUI ‘nal scrngthecpabitiy to prow tha onforstcobemte ta duce lacie otalysplcaon i s {trang industry sors. And finaly. leat amount of tne too pry over ‘stent unr the testy othe siaborte dx conesps Sn ph Conpérate data resource, peseting's cated programming principle, We Corgisten and copercnt vw oe da outs forpwer sna fo {She wre Boh waa and acoso phan was alvayscn cations uaity ofthe application and the ‘Our ight perfomance tsstesta spec developmen product's apy occ aoa. "“Guret atresia Bicaton bu oth products otter many wasa 3862 Fumie uto mode aa Imorecapahitisthan weveresbletode purported 40 Mita) wih [abmepayte I scenario nour test of SQL appli- rectly test. 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We used Windows 3.1, DOS 50, and4 megabytes of RAM. “Tocreate truly sll-contained desk top development eavironment, we used XBBSOUWindows 781, Weconneced PowerBuilder 2.00 to XDB with the Database Interface for XDI from Pom ‘rofl, To connect Object Vision Pro {oXDB, we used O+E DatalinOV 10 For ou extensibility and debugging tasks, we used 2 cliemt workstation (2 "Northgate Elegance 325) hooked up to ‘Microsoft SQL Server 42 ora Compaq 38025, PERFORMANCE: Setup: Our frst task exercised the link ‘between the data dictionary tat bat ‘mo the fron-

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