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OpenEdge Advanced Business Language, or OpenEdge ABL for short, is a business application development language created and maintained by Progress Software Corporation (PSC). The language, typically classified as a fourth-generation programming language, uses an English-like syntax to simplify software development.〔Campbell, John, ''Programmer's Progress, a guide to the progress language.'' white star software, 1991〕 The name was changed in 2006 to OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (OpenEdge ABL), by PSC, from PROGRESS, also known as Progress 4GL, in order to overcome a presumed industry perception that 4GLs were less capable than other languages.〔Salvador Vinals, Introducing OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (ABL), PSC whitepaper, 2007〕 The language was called PROGRESS or Progress 4GL prior to the release of version 10.0. A subset of the language, called ''SpeedScript'', is used in the development of web applications.〔Crawford, G. ''WebSpeed Complete'', Innov8 Computer Solutions, ISBN 0-9718679-0-9〕 OpenEdge ABL helps developers to develop applications optionally using its own integrated relational database and programming tool. These applications are portable across computing systems and allow access to various popular data sources without having to learn the underlying data access methods. This means that the end-user of these products can be unaware of the underlying architecture. By combining a fourth generation language and relational database, OpenEdge ABL allows the use of the Rapid Application Development (RAD) model for developing software. A programmer and even end users can do rapid prototyping using the integrated and GUI tools of the development environment. ==History== ;1984: First Commercial Release ;1989: Version 5 ;1990: Version 6 ;1993: Version 7 ;1995: Version 8 ;1998: Version 9 ;December 10, 2002: Progress Dynamics 2.0 announced - the application environment for the OpenEdge business platform〔(Progress Dynamics 2.0 announced )〕 ;February 17, 2004: OpenEdge 10 announced〔(OpenEdge 10 announcement )〕 ;2005: OpenEdge Studio packages〔(Progress OpenEdge Studio )〕 : * Progress Version 9 : * Progress WebClient : * Progress Dynamics Version 2.1 ;February 8, 2006: OpenEdge 10.1 announced - addition of object-oriented extensions to ABL, and new auditing service〔(OpenEdge 10.1 announcement )〕 ;February 13, 2007: OpenEdge 10.1b announced - adds support for 64-bit data formats〔(OpenEdge 10.1b announcement )〕 ;April 15, 2008: OpenEdge 10.1c announced - first business application development platform to support IPv6〔(OpenEdge 10.1c announcement )〕 ;November 3, 2008: OpenEdge 10.2A announced -New OpenEdge GUI for .NET that allows developers to create modern WinForms-style UI's without leaving the OpenEdge environment. ;December 2009: OpenEdge 10.2B release providing improved OpenEdge GUI .Net Integration and additional online database features. December 2011 (OpenEdge 11.0 release ) introducing patent-pending multi-tenancy, multi-Cloud deployment options and extended platform support. June 2012: (OpenEdge 11.1 release ) providing performance and productivity tools for the development of SaaS (software as a service) and Cloud applications. It also delivers stronger security coupled with simplified user authentication. February 2013: (OpenEdge 11.2 release ) provided enhanced mobility capabilities through: visual designer and UI toolkit for phone and tablet applications, REST support for the OpenEdge application server, JavaScript Data Binding support libraries, and write-once, run anywhere support for iOS and Android; Summer 2013: OpenEdge 11.3 release August 2014: (OpenEdge 11.4 release ) containing horizontal table partitioning and ABL Unit Testing. 17 December 2014: (OpenEdge 11.5 release ) containing the Pacific Application Server for OpenEdge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「OpenEdge Advanced Business Language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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