


At the time, business applications were often written in COBOL (for machines like corporate IBM mainframes) and sometimes in C (for departmental minicomputers running the UNIX operating system). The original Progress 4GL was designed (in 1981) as an architecture independent language and integrated database system that could be used by non-experts to develop business applications by people who were not computer scientists but were knowledgeable in their business domain. as well background process programming (UNIX and Windows).JSON and XML appserver programming (UNIX and Windows).CHUI (CHaracter User Interface) (UNIX and Windows).Microsoft Windows GUI (Graphical User Interface).A programmer and even end users can do rapid prototyping using the integrated and GUI tools of the development environment. This means that the end-user of these products can be unaware of the underlying architecture.īy combining a fourth generation language and relational database, OpenEdge ABL allows the use of the Rapid Application Development (RAD) model for developing software. These applications are portable across computing systems and allow access to various popular data sources without having to learn the underlying data access methods. OpenEdge ABL helps developers to develop applications optionally using its own integrated relational database and programming tool. A subset of the language, called SpeedScript, is used in the development of web applications. The language was called PROGRESS or Progress 4GL up until version 9, but in 2006 PSC changed the name to OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (OpenEdge ABL) in order to overcome a presumed industry perception that 4GLs were less capable than other languages. The language, typically classified as a fourth-generation programming language, uses an English-like syntax to simplify software development. OpenEdge Advanced Business Language, or OpenEdge ABL for short, is a business application development language created and maintained by Progress Software Corporation (PSC). ( January 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view.

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