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REALbasic 2009 Release 4 for Macintosh
iDevGames reviews REALbasic 2009 Release 4
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Programmazione.it Reviews REALbasic
Italian portal Programmazione.it reviews REALbasic 2009 Release 4. Article in Italian.
Programmazione.it Reviews REALbasic Part 2
This is part 2 of Italian portal Programmazione.it's review of REALbasic 2009 Release 4. Article in Italian.
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REAL Studio 2009r4
Macworld España reviews REAL Studio 2009 Release 4. Article in Spanish.
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The Code Project Announces First Annual Members Choice Awards
REALbasic named the best programming language by The Code Project's members first Annual Members Choice Awards.
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IN DEPTH: REALbasic, Cross-Platform Development (Video review)
This video review covers REAL Software's development tool that lets you develop and build native code for Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Writing BASIC code in REALbasic
"If you've ever been interested in writing your own programs, but felt that computer programming was too difficult, you can see how REALbasic makes writing programs fast and easy. Programming doesn't have to be complicated, and REALbasic can help turn anyone with a good idea into a real programmer in no time."
Designing a User Interface
This article explains how to design a user interface in REALbasic.
Getting to Know REALbasic
"In REALbasic, the emphasis is on helping you create a program quickly using commands that resemble English, so you can write, edit, and understand them easily. As a result, writing and editing a program in REALbasic is much easier than writing the same program in C."
Introduction to REALbasic: The Roots of REALbasic
"If you're discovering REALbasic for the first time, get ready to experience a level of programming productivity that few other languages can match."
Wallace Wang's Apple Farm: Follow the Developers
"The idea behind REALbasic is the same as Visual Basic. Design your user interface, write commands to make it do something, and you can create a useful program in a fraction of the time needed if you used C or C++."
Wallace Wang's Apple Farm: RSS Feeds and the Mac
"It was not only easier to switch to REALbasic than VB.Net, but REALbasic also gave them the chance to create both a Macintosh and Windows version of their programs without any additional work. "The last point was decisive," Keith said. "As a small business, if we can get 10 percent extra customers for 1 percent extra effort, that's a major improvement in cash flow and profitability."
- REALbasic, Cross-Platform RAD Tool in the Mold of VB
"The REALbasic integrated development environment (IDE) is quite similar to Microsoft Visual Basic; it also combines into one environment the REALbasic language with all aspects of interface building and code editing."
- REALbasic Best Practices: An Interview with Geoff Perlman
"The long-term vision for REALbasic is for people to be able to use one language, one IDE, one framework, and be able to create any kind of software they want and deliver that on any platform they need."
- A Visual Basic Programmer's Review of REALbasic 2008 Release 1
"I really like REALbasic. It seems quite powerful, it's easy to use, and its learning curve (at least for a VB6 programmer) is very short. I really wish that Microsoft had created a VB7 but REALbasic, in this programmer's estimation, is a more than sufficient "upgrade" for VB6."
- First Look: REALbasic 2008 Release 1
"REALbasic makes programming easy in two ways. First, it uses the much simpler BASIC programming language, which was specifically designed to teach novices how to write programs. Second, REALbasic lets you visually design the user interface of your program by creating a window and filling it with common components such as push buttons, pull-down menus, check boxes, radio buttons, pop-up menus, tabs and sliders."
- A Look Inside REALbasic 2007
Watch this videocast interview of REAL Software President and CEO Geoff Perlman
- REALbasic: "We score REALbasic a 9.5 out of 10"
"REALbasic is an outstanding version of the BASIC language. It consists of an integrated development environment that supports the creation of application user interfaces by dragging and dropping components onto a window... Most impressively, REALbasic will generate applications that work consistently on Windows, Macintosh and Linux!"
- Review: REALbasic 2005 for Linux
"If you need a cross-platform IDE that can handle just about any type of functionality you want to throw at it, this might be the right tool for you."
- Novell DeveloperNet Reviews REALbasic 2006 for Linux
"REALbasic 2006 can fill nearly any role in your development process and really excells at ease of use, while retaining the power of a full-featured development tool."
- Cross-platform development Nirvana?
"Programming tools are horses for courses, but RealBasic will run on a wide variety of race tracks. Its strength lies in its ability to hide complexity from the user. For the beginner that means an easy way into the arcane-seeming world of computer programming. For everyone else, from the occasional coder up to the professional, it means you can spend more time working on what your application will do and less on bringing it to life in the first place."
- Why Companies Should Consider Using Portable Tools
"Instead of using new software development technology each time another computer operating system platform becomes the flavor of the month, companies should encourage their software developers to use portable tools and leverage existing skills."
- REALbasic 2005 makes Mac development easier
"When REALbasic 2005 is released, the entire Integrated Development Environment (IDE) will have been recoded in REALbasic itself. "That has some benefits for our customers, most of them indirect" said [REAL Software president and CEO, Geoff] Perlman. The engineers who are developing REALbasic are now having an experience more in line with their customers' own experience, which gives them a better sense of what does and doesn't work."
- Getting REAL: Yes, Virginia, There is Life After Visual Basic
"All in all, VB and REALbasic are about 95 percent similar at the language level, and the automatic conversion tools work fairly well... Also note that it's about as easy to build a new REALbasic program as it is to build a new Visual Basic program."
- Write a web server in a 100 lines of code or less using REALbasic
"The goal of writing a webserver in REALbasic is not to replace Apache. Instead, this server will demonstrate how to use REALbasic to handle multiple connections using an object-oriented design."
- Migrating Visual Basic Applications to Linux
"The main options for migrating applications cross platform include Mono/.NET, Java, and REALbasic. There are also two main issues to consider as you make a decision on which tools to use to migrate a large-scale Visual Basic application to Linux: ease of development, which is critical for your developers, and ease of deployment, which is important to end users and support staff." (Requires Subscription)
- Back to the BASIC(s) - Three Apps for Programmers
"REALbasic combines Visual Basic's ease of use with the cross-platform capability to create programs for Windows and Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X."
- The REALbasic Language Revisited
"The basic in REALbasic's name is somewhat misleading. REALbasic is a modern object-oriented garbage-collected language. It rivals respected languages such as Java in elegance and power..."
- Real Software adds Linux application capabilities to development suite
"A key benefit...is being able to create an application for one operating system and use the same code to port it to another operating system. Being able to write a program in one environment and cross-compile it to run on Windows or Linux or Macintosh ... is really a blessing."
- Porting Visual Basic apps to Linux
"The biggest benefit to Linux users is that this product enables a great parity between Linux and Windows."
- Real Software Gives Linux Desktop Apps a Nudge
"The move to RealBasic 5.5 puts the eight-year-old Austin, Texas firm squarely in the vanguard of Linux' march on the desktop, which is being held back by a shortage of software. The widgetry also supports server development now too."
- REAL Software joins Linux revolution
"The Linux community really needs some easy-to-use tools to write applications if Linux is going to succeed on the desktop in the future."
- REALbasic 5.5 adds Linux, enhances Mac support
"REALbasic 5.5 is better than ever not just for programming professionals, MIS personnel and others who make their living in code, but also for hobbyists and beginners who want to get started making their own software."
- REAL Software Boosts Windows-Linux Migration
"We do applications in all sorts of languages...what this means is once we write it we don't have to do a separate Linux version."
- REALbasic adds ability to build Linux applications
"The new version of development environment adds the ability to build Linux applications from Mac and Windows systems, as well as other features of particular interest to Mac OS X users."
- Programming REALbasic, Part 1: Syntax of the Language
"Are you a programmer new to the Mac platform? Or maybe you are one of the millions of VB programmers (like me) who are well versed in the Windows platform and are looking at opportunities in the Mac world. And perhaps you don't have time to learn a new language such as Objective C, C++, or Java. If you fit any of these descriptions (and are trying to leverage your existing skills for Mac development), then with this article, I am going to show you how you can get started in Mac development using REALbasic."
- Software-Development Application Remains Top in its Field
"When you commit to RealBasic, you become part of an enormous base of smart, dedicated, and friendly users who provide a variety of great resources, from books to message boards."
- A Review of REALbasic 5.1
"...a really nice tool to develop applications using the BASIC programming language. This product is very, very easy to use. Applications can be easily ported from or to the Mac. All you need do is compile your project on a Mac or Windows system."
- LinuxWorld Magazine 2005 Readers' Choice Awards
Best Linux Development Tool, Best Linux Programming Environment, REALbasic 2005 for Linux Professional Edition.
- Software Development Magazine, Spring 2005
Productivity Award - Languages and Development Environments REALbasic 5.5 for Windows Professional Edition.
- DEMO@15, February 2005
DEMOgod Award - REALbasic 2005: "For grabbing attention on the last afternoon."
- "Application developers will delight in using REALbasic 5.5.3's drag-and-drop controls. REALbasic even prompts you to enter code for the relevant events when you double-click a control. With this strong upgrade, you can now develop a working interface in just hours instead of a week.
- Macworld Magazine, July 2003
REALbasic 5.0: software Development Application Remains Top in Field, "REALbasic remains the most fun way to develop thoroughly modern and truly muscular applications for the Mac."
- Apple Design Awards, 2001, 2000, 1999
"REALbasic is the only application to be nominated for an Apple Design Award three years in a row."
