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October 2009 Newsletter
REALbasic/REAL Studio 2009 Release 4 Now Available!
REALbasic and REAL Studio 2009 Release 4 is now shipping. This release offers 97 improvements and 39 new features, including a new report editor, which is available in all editions of REALbasic, and build automation, a feature exclusive to REAL Studio.
The new report editor allows developers to visually create a layout for printing by dragging and dropping labels, fields, images and more. Reports can be created to print a single page or multiple pages. The layout is divided into sections (header, body, footer as well as grouping sections for reports that have sorted data).
"Reporting has been the most requested feature from our users and we are pleased to deliver," commented Geoff Perlman, REAL Software Founder and CEO. "The report editor will allow users to print from any source including text files, arrays, databases, etc. and, since the interface is open, any database supported by REALbasic can be used."
The new build automation feature of the Project Editor is only available in the REAL Studio Edition. With Build Automation, developers can visually drag and drop build steps to execute common actions (like copying files and running IDE scripts) before and/or after their application is built. All of this can be done from within their project.
The complete list of improvements and new features in this release can be found in the release notes in the product download section, http://www.realsoftware.com/download. To view a video demonstration of all of the new features in this latest release, please visit: http://www.realsoftware.com/realbasic/newin/2009r4.
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REAL World Regional Events
The REAL World Regional Events are one of the biggest REAL Software events of the year and something you definitely do not want to miss! At these events, you will hear directly from REALbasic and REAL Server experts on how to improve your knowledge and skills as a developer.
These events are scheduled to take place in Atlanta, GA on November 3rd and Chicago, IL on November 5th. The sessions at these events will cover Cocoa in REALbasic, Reporting, UI design, databases, and more! Register today and save $50!
Visit the Atlanta Event website.
Visit the Chicago Event website.
A Life with REALbasic: A Case Study of MonkeyBread Software
In the early 90's, at a friend's place in his neighborhood, Christian Schmitz came across Microsoft's QBasic. This Basic development environment, included such sample projects as "Nibbles" or "Gorillas" and came bundled with DOS 6.0. Christian developed some early programming skills which soon proved valuable on his first computer. In the course of a year, on a used Commodore C64, Christian developed, among other projects, his first game, a computer simulation similar to the well-known "Sim Tower", but with Joystick control. Not much later, a programming workshop at High School introduced him to Turbo Pascal and his first "IBM-compatible", a venerable "286" PC.
Welcome Macintosh!
Eventually, an Apple Performa 6200 became Christian's introduction into the world of Macintosh. Christian continued with Turbo Pascal, but under SoftWindows. All his friends at school were using Windows-equipped PCs, and, at the time, there weren't many suitable or powerful development tools on the Mac. Finally, with a price tag of 1,000 Deutsche Mark, Codewarrior, the premier C compiler for Mac OS, was far too expensive for a student's tight budget.
REALbasic -- A Perfect Fit
A short review in the German "MacWelt" magazine, got Christian hooked onto REALbasic as an alternative development suite, offering the highly-motivated student-turned-developer two distinct advantages: Windows-compatible, cross-platform compilation for applications written in REALbasic had already been announced as an upcoming feature. Also, the REALbasic package itself matched the family budget just nicely: Christian received the REALbasic 1.1 box for Christmas -- and started programming immediately, right on Christmas Eve.
He completed the quick start project in less than an hour -- a full-blown text editor. And it didn't take long for the first self-designed projects to appear on Christian's own Web page: www.christians-software.de still hosts most of these early titles, even if many of them are nowadays certainly outdated. According to Christian Schmitz, one key advantage of REALbasic, from the start, has been that windows and controls, as well as all the classes, did not have to be written from scratch. This ready-to-use concept, together with REALbasic's cross-platform capabilities, are a crucial feature set. Read more...
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REAL Software Ships REALbasic 2009 Release 4 - Adds Report Editor; Build Automation for REAL Studio
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REALSQLDatabase/SQLite Update
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Cocoa Update
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REALbasic/REAL Studio 2009 Release 4 Now Shipping
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Our New Feedback System
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Announcing 2 Regional REAL World Events!
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