REALbasic is a rapid application development environment that enables developers to create high-quality, native software for Windows, Mac and Linux.

REALbasic includes:

* an integrated environment designed for developer productivity
* a modern, object oriented programming language
* a cross-platform object framework
* a cross compiler that produces native executables

REALbasic is used to create all types of applications, including database clients, commercial software, custom business solutions, educational products and more. In fact, REALbasic itself is written in REALbasic.

REAL Software ships updates to REALbasic every 90 days. No other software tools company ships updates at this pace.

Each new REALbasic license includes all updates for six months. When your REALbasic update plan ends you can either purchase a one year update plan renewal or continue using any release that shipped during your update plan.

REALbasic Professional Edition is intended for serious application developers who require a full-strength development tool. REALbasic Personal Edition is intended for students and casual developers who develop applications for their own use. REAL Software does not provide technical support for Personal Edition.

The features exclusive to Professional Edition are:

Cross-platform compilation
REALbasic Professional Edition compiles native executables for Windows, Linux and Macintosh from a single code base.

Remote debugging
REALbasic Professional Edition includes a remote debugger that enables you to observe your code execution on one computer as it runs on another computer. The remote debugger enables you to write your code on Windows, for example, and test it on Linux and Macintosh. Because the remote debugger is based on the TCP/IP protocol, you can even remotely debug your application on a machine in another location, such as a customer site.

Database server access
REALbasic Professional Edition provides access to multi-user database servers, including REAL SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and ODBC. The MySQL plugin is a 3rd party download from Alacatia Labs.

Database encryption
The REALbasic framework includes a single-user database engine based on the SQLite database. REALbasic Professional Edition supports AES 256 encryption on these databases.

Console applications
REALbasic Professional Edition can create command line applications that can run in the background or when no user is logged in to the computer.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
REALbasic Professional Edition supports SSL, including the ability to switch to and from secure mode on demand. It also supports secure listening, which is required for SSL-enabled servers.

ServerSocket
REALbasic Professional Edition includes the ServerSocket class, which enables the rapid development of highly scalable TCP/IP server applications. Automatically manages incoming connections, the ServerSocket scales to thousands of simultaneous connections.

Container Controls
REALbasic Professional Edition enables you to create reusable custom controls that save time, reduce code complexity and promote a consistent user interface. Container controls may be exported and reused by any other REALbasic Professional Edition user.

Auto Discovery
REALbasic Professional Edition includes the AutoDiscovery class which is used to create network-aware applications that require no set-up by the end user. A REALbasic application that uses AutoDiscovery can find other AutoDiscovery-enabled applications on the network and establish a connection automatically.

Profiler
REALbasic Professional Edition includes an integrated profiler that allows programmers to track down performance issues with their applications quickly and without any additional coding.