Alpha Five
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| Stable release | 11 (March 16, 2011) |
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| Website | www.alphasoftware.com |
Alpha Five is a relational database management system and Rapid Application Development system (RAD) for building Windows desktop and Web (including AJAX) applications.
The most recent version of the product -- Alpha Five v11 was released in October of 2011. http://server2.alphasoftware.com/products/ Alpha Five v11 is a major new release with Mapping, Scheduling, Video, Image Gallery, HTML5 support along with a single tool for web and mobile app development approach. More information is at http://www.imakenews.com/alphasoftware/index000554363.cfm
In 2010 Alpha Five was rated #1 by InfoWorld in the Rapid Web Application Development Category
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[edit] History
Alpha Five is developed by Alpha Software, Inc., which has been continually producing end-user and developer database application software since 1982[1][2]. Alpha Five version 8 was a finalist in the Dr. Dobb's Jolt Awards for 2008 in the category of "Best Development environment"[3] and winner of the 2005 Product of the Year award for "Best Database" from CRN.com[4].
Applications with full read/write/edit capability can be created against its built-in DBF engine and against MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, EnterpriseDB, PostgreSQL and any other SQL database engines through ODBC sources[5]. The latest version now incorporates Portable SQL, a feature that allows users to switch database back ends without having to rewrite queries. .
Alpha Five V9 PLATINUM - released in March 2008 is designed to build both desktop and AJAX enabled web database applications. For end users its key benefit is that it does not require programming skills. For professional developers its key benefit relates to the speed of both web and desktop database application development.
Alpha Five V10 with Codeless AJAX was released in 2010. Its main goal was to let people build web 2.0 AJAX database applications without having to code or learn JavaScript unless they wanted to. Tutorials and examples are shown at Product Info
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[edit] References
- ^ "PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award". PC Magazine. 20 January 2005. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1752812,00.asp. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Ziff Davis Web Buyer's Guide". http://database.webbuyersguide.com/reviews/2781-wbgDatabase_reviews.html. Retrieved 8 December 2008.[dead link] (Registration required)
- ^ "Jolt Awards Finalists, 2008". http://www.joltawards.com/finalists.html. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "CRN.com 2005 Product Awards". http://crn.com/security/175003863?pgno=7. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "ZDNet's Database Reviews". zdnet.co.uk. http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000375,39374585s,00.htm. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- Alpha Software, Inc. Website
- Product Info
- Alpha Software - Blog - Updated almost every day
- Listing on About US
- Video tutorials
- Customer case studies
- Partial customer list
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