PowerBuilder

Appeon PowerBuilder

Developer(s)	SAP/Appeon
Initial release	July 1992
Stable release	PowerBuilder 2022 R3 / January 8, 2024
Preview release	None
Written in	C++ and C#
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Available in	English, Japanese for the IDE (numerous languages supported for deployed applications)
Type	IDE
License	Commercial
Website	www.appeon.com

PowerBuilder is an integrated development environment owned by SAP since the acquisition of Sybase in 2010. On July 5, 2016, SAP and Appeon entered into an agreement whereby Appeon, an independent company, would be responsible for developing, selling, and supporting PowerBuilder.^[1]

Over the years, PowerBuilder has been updated with new standards. In 2010, a major upgrade of PowerBuilder was released to provide support for the Microsoft .NET Framework.^[2] In 2014, support was added for OData, dockable windows, and 64-bit native applications.^[3] In 2019 support was added for rapidly creating RESTful Web APIs and non-visual .NET assemblies using the C# language and the .NET Core framework. And PowerScript client app development was revamped with new UI technologies and cloud architecture.^[4]

Appeon has been releasing new features every 6-12 month cycles, which per the product roadmap focus on four key focus areas: sustaining core features, modernizing application UI, improving developer productivity, and incorporating more Cloud technology.^[5]