From Zero to Hero: PowerBuilder Basic Training Course

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Features: PowerBuilder is a high-performance front-end development tool for client/server, Internet, and distributed database applications. Due to its ease of learning, usability, and powerful functionality, it is highly favored by a broad user base, especially professional database developers. Compared to previous versions, it offers more powerful features and a more user-friendly development and operation interface.
Given the vastness of PowerBuilder's system, this book carefully selects and organizes its content with the practical needs of beginners in mind, truly achieving a "start from zero" approach. Through in-depth study of this book, readers will be able to grasp the essence of PowerBuilder 9.0. In particular, Chapter 12 provides a detailed example of a book inventory management system, illustrating each stage of database development. By understanding these details, readers can quickly improve their practical application development skills. If readers combine this knowledge with real-world problems and practice extensively, they will certainly be able to develop personal, website, or enterprise-level database management systems tailored to their work requirements.
This book introduces the basic concepts and usage of PowerBuilder 9.0 in a step-by-step manner, focusing on its workspace, application objects, window objects, window controls, data window objects, data window programming techniques, as well as SQL (Structured Query Language) and the PBL Library Manager. The book presents concepts concisely and clearly, providing illustrated examples for each important and complex concept. Beginners can master the basic use and corresponding techniques of PowerBuilder 9.0 through this learning process. Each chapter concludes with practice exercises to help readers assess their learning progress.
This book is highly suitable as a foundational training tutorial for PowerBuilder 9.0 and can also be used by readers with some background in database theory for self-study.