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PowerBuilder share|improve this question edited May 14 '10 at 17:24 Justin Ethier 52.6k24117199 asked May 14 '10 at 17:22 tmoisan 415414 add comment 7 Answers active oldest votes up vote 6 down vote accepted "Better" sounds intimidating, since it's hard to tell how your learning style works and what's better for you. (I guess I like the ABC approach.) So, instead of listing things that will be hit or miss, I'll try one resource that has both quantity and quality. The PowerBuilder Developer's Journal has a large online archive of old and fairly recent articles online. (The current issue gets online pretty quickly, but I wouldn't venture to guess how quickly.) Like any technical journal, the quality of the articles can vary, but IMHO stays pretty high on average. They'll range in topic from navel-gazing speculations to detailed instructions on how to accomplish very specific goals. I'm not sure it's necessarily great for starting off, but it's a good place to go once you've dragged your way through the ABC tutorial in the PowerBuilder manuals. Good luck, Terry. share|improve this answer answered May 15 '10 at 0:39 Terry 4,892613 add comment up vote 5 down vote Unfortunately there is not much out there for PB, compared to other languages. Here are some useful resources on the web: Back when I was writing PB I found Google Groups was a great resource for finding information about specific issues with PowerBuilder code. Terry Voth runs a website called Sequel's Sandbox that has a lot of useful PowerBuilder resources. He's also on StackOverflow, so perhaps he can chime in with more info :) One thing that we did was have any new PB developers run through the tutorial that comes with PB (Disclaimer: we had an enterprise version, I am not sure if all versions of PB come with the same tutorial). Anyway, this was a great way of getting started and learning your way around the IDE. share|improve this answer answered May 14 '10 at 17:30 Justin Ethier 52.6k24117199 Thanks for the links, i'll look at that. The tutorial that I'm talking about is in fact the tutorial that comes with PB. – tmoisan May 14 '10 at 17:35 Ah, OK. I still strongly recommend you spend a day or two just going through that tutorial though, even if it's tedious at times... – Justin Ethier May 14 '10 at 17:40 +1 for review the included tutorial. It's not the easiest thing, but it does have good material if you stick it out. – DaveE May 28 '10 at 17:37 add comment up vote 4 down vote Don't forget the books. Much of PowerBuilder 9: Advanced Client/Server Development still applies. And if you can find a copy of a book like PowerBuilder 7 unleashed you can get most of the PowerScript syntax. share|improve this answer answered May 25 '10 at 15:22 Slapout 1,69731938 add comment up vote 3 down vote Have you looked at the stuff that Yakov Werde is doing: http://www.elearnitonline.com/PBCourseOverview/player.html He's a former Sybase training guy and one of them that did a lot of the training classes at the Sybase TechWave events. share|improve this answer answered May 15 '10 at 23:39 Bruce Armstrong 37615 add comment up vote 3 down vote This question has a few resources for learning PowerBuilder. I've got lots of PowerBuilder bookmarks on Delicous.com. Some of that stuff might be useful. share|improve this answer answered May 17 '10 at 14:39 Hugh Brackett 2,131414 add comment up vote 2 down vote The key to PowerBuilder is the Datawindow. One of the best books written on the subject is "The Definitive DataWindow" by Richard Brooks. It is 11 years old but it is still the best resource for datawindow information. You can find it at Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-DataWindow-Your-PowerBuilder-Success/dp/020170224X share|improve this answer answered Apr 10 '11 at 22:18 psant 1261 add comment up vote 0 down vote PowerBuilder used to provide PowerBuilder Foundation Classes (PFC) but they discontinued it. The PFC lives on though as an open source project here: http://pfc.codeplex.com/ For older versions of PowerBuilder (8, 9, and 10) the below site has several code samples and DLLs. As other developers have mentioned, you'll end up looking all over the place for PB help. http://www.topwizprogramming.com/freecode_adapter.html Here's another resource: http://www.techno-kitten.com/ share|improve this answer answered Aug 13 '13 at 21:54 OperationNewDay 1134 add comment Your Answer draft saved draft discarded Sign up or login Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Stack Exchange Post as a guest Name Email required, but not shown Post as a guest Name Email required, but not shown discard By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service. Not the answer you're looking for? 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