REALbasic is a rapid application development (RAD) environment that provides developers a marked increase in productivity over other cross-platform development tools. REALbasic includes drag-and-drop capability to enable you to quickly create a user interface design, then incorporate the code behind it to add power and functionality. REALbasic is highly compatible with Visual Basic, so Visual Basic developers are productive very quickly with REALbasic. REALbasic also comes with a utility to help convert Visual Basic projects to REALbasic where they can be compiled for Windows, Mac, even Linux -- with the click of a checkbox. REALbasic 2007 runs on and creates software for Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000 and XP, Mac OS X and Linux, all from a single set of source code. REALbasic incorporates platform-specific intelligence, like user interface widgets, so software created with REALbasic looks and feels native, regardless of the development platform you created it on. Build powerful database applications with REALbasic"s built-in REAL SQL Database, based on the SQLite public domain database engine. Connect to external multi-user database engines using REALbasic Professional Edition. Use REALbasic"s support for standard image formats for vector graphics, (such as those commonly created with Adobe Illustrator). Use REALbasic"s Real-time 3D Engine to add interactive real-time rendered three-dimensional graphics with built-in tools. Also, use REALbasic"s Sprite Animation Engine to develop interactive sprite surfaces with collision detection already built-in.
What"s new:
REALbasic 2007 Release 3 includes over 100 improvements and 5 new features, including namespace support, which allows developers to place classes, interfaces and modules inside modules. This enables the design of more modular, reusable code.