PowerBuilder Practical Tutorial

Author: Zhang Hong, Song Ye
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: PowerBuilder is a distributed database front-end development tool for client/server graphical interfaces developed by PowerSoft Inc. for the Windows operating system. It enables the rapid development of object-oriented large-scale database application systems. This tutorial not only covers the basic methods and techniques for database application system development using PowerBuilder but also outlines the fundamental theoretical knowledge and concepts that should be mastered and understood in PowerBuilder application system development. A key feature of this tutorial is the integration of a complete application development example throughout the chapters and appendices, accompanied by numerous illustrations closely tied to operational steps. Through the development example, it systematically and comprehensively introduces the basic methods for developing database application systems using visual and object-oriented technologies. Each chapter and appendix is followed by exercises to help readers review and reinforce the knowledge they have learned. After completing this tutorial, readers will not only master the basic methods of database development but also gain a fundamental understanding of the entire process of developing a real-world application project, making it highly suitable for beginners to quickly grasp the basic development techniques of PowerBuilder. The discussion in this tutorial is based on PowerBuilder 7.0 as the development environment, but the fundamental theories and development methods discussed are essentially the same across different versions of PowerBuilder. This book can serve as a textbook for computer science programs in universities and colleges, a training manual for non-computer majors learning PowerBuilder, and a reference for database application system developers.