Alpha Five Version 8

Builds Complete Desktop and/or Web database Applications. Extremely Rapidly and Easily

A unique All-In-One tool that allows both non-programmers and professional developers to create custom applications with full reporting and

security

Alpha Five V8 offers a complete all-in-one solution for web and desktop application generation

(without requiring 3rd party add-in tools):

Easy RAD visual tools that don’t require programming

Application server – can be clustered

Rich programming language and tools like “Action Scripting” and “Web Components” combine ease of use and extensibility.

“Enterprise” class Reporting Inbound and outbound email Tools to ensure fast and

accurate data input.

Powerful queries, data analysis & manipulation,

Portable SQL support or use of the built in database engine. Support for engines such as Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Cache, MS SQL, Excel, Access, QuickBooks, any ODBC

Full security framework for desktop, web & SaaS applications

Graphic tools for professional looking apps

Demand for Web, Browser based and SaaS solutions is exploding!

But… Current browser and web application development tools are exceedingly time consuming and require programming skills

However with Alpha Five you are able to:

Significantly cut time and cost to create and maintain these solutions. (According to McKinsey & Company, labor represents 80% of Application Development costs –– if you cut development time, you realize huge savings)

Eliminate or reduce the complexity of building internet and intranet applications

Reduce the risk of starting projects that don’t get completed

Get to market quickly with SaaS solutions and thereby save $$ and time. Gain “first-to-market” advantages

Distinguishing Aspects of the Alpha Five approach

Rapid and easy complete Web and Desktop application building capability in one package

Empowers users who are not programmers to build applications

Enables professional developers to build powerful applications extremely quickly (without compromising functionality, performance, scalability or security)

Alpha Five is uniquely capable of building applications for smaller organizations and business as well as

scalable applications for the enterprise

Applications (with extensive security and reporting) can be desktop or

web apps or hybrid (desktop/web) applications. For example, Filemaker, Access or VB can build desktop applications but

you can’t build a complete web app like this scheduling app built in Alpha Five http://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/ProductTour/Web_Applications_01.asp  using those tools

On the other hand, PHP, ASP, JSP, Ruby on Rails or ColdFusion let you build web apps but you cannot build desktop apps like these http://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/ProductTour/Desktop_Applications_01.asp which were built in Alpha Five

Alpha Five is ideal for Non Programmers

People who don’t want to program or don’t have the time to learn how to program. At the same time these people require complete solutions that

don’t compromise on functionality or completeness

For Desktop Applications: “genies”, “field rules”

and “action scripting” empower people to be very productive and enable them to build complete desktop solutions without having to lean how to program

For web Applications: “components” and the Alpha Five “web security framework” and “web reporting framework” are key tools that enable non-programmers to be very productivity and allow them to build complete web solutions without having to program

Alpha Five is ideal for Professional Developers and ISV’s

Professional developers need to get applications built quickly but with no loss of power or functionality. Alpha Five’s critical benefit for professional

developers is productivity, minimization of cost, acceleration of project completion

This productivity is achieved through the use of the Alpha Five visual tools (action scripting, web components, field rules, web security framework) for rapid development, and Xbasic and Xdialog for total control, extensibility and flexibility.

Alpha Five developers report that they can build applications (especially web applications) 5-10 times more rapidly when compared to tools like PHP, JSP, ASP.net, Ruby on Rails, and Cold Fusion

Key distinctions from alternative products that Make Alpha Five Unique:

Can be used by both Professional Developers and Beginners

Can create complete and highly customized desktop, web and hybrid applications

Offers a very robust and rich toolset for data entry, querying, reporting, data manipulation, transformation and analysis so that you never run out of power

Provides the option of working with either built in database engines or the SQL engine of your choice

Customer examples

Respected by Press and Customers

written and video testimonialshttp://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/ProductTour/what_they_say_01.asp

http://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/ProductTour/who_02.asp

  

Alpha Five product info and Video Tutorials

Click on the links below for:Product Tour Examples of Applications built by Alpha Five V8 customersOur Customers Testimonials Industry Solutions

Compatible with Windows Vista and earlier versions of Windows and any HTML browser

Why choose Alpha http://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/ProductTour/why_choose_01.asp

Live examples of Web pages built rapidly in Alpha Five version (coding not required) http://www.alphasoftware.com/ApplicationServer/

Video Tutorialshttp://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/video/  

Summary

Users are increasingly demanding database-driven browser based applications or hybrid applications (desktop and web)

However, this does not mean that they are necessarily ready to abandon desktop applications

Using one tool, Alpha Five, we are committed to making the creation of robust and scalable database solutions on both these platforms easy and rapid for both non programmers and professional developers

Appendix

Defining capabilities of Version 8

web security framework

web components for rapid creation of web apps

Action Scripting for rapid creation of desktop apps.

Xbasic -automatically generated from Action Scripting

Xdialog -automatically generated from Action Scripting

Portable SQL.Allows applications to be moved easily between various SQL backend database

engines like MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, DB2, Cache, Sybase and even MS Access, QuickBooks and MS Excel

Extremely powerful reporting against Alpha Five data or SQL data

Field Rules - Set up data entry look ups, validations, posting, transformations, error trapping without having to code

Design tools that let you build professional looking applications

Completeness and Richness of its tools to ensure practical “real”

applications can successfully be built

Alpha Five Overview What is it? How is it used? Who uses it? Why choose it? Testimonials What's New in Version 8? (tour) What's New in Version 8? (list)

Data Maintenance

Development Tools Action Scripting Xbasic Xdialog

Desktop Applications Browse View Field Rules Form Design Query Capabilities Example Apps

Email Capabilities Genies

Reporting Report Genie via Email, Fax, PDF Enterprise Reporting Sample Reports

SQL & Remote Data Access Database Explorer Portable SQL SQL Genie SQL Command Window In Xbasic, Action Scripts Version 8/PDF White Paper

Web Applications Building Web Apps Components CSS Editor Alpha Five App Server Alpha vs PHP and ASP Web Security Web Apps that Ship with V8 Example Web Apps

Tutorials Building Desktop Apps Building Web Apps p.1 Building Web Apps p.2 Web App with PDF Reports Building an Ecom App Action Scripting Additional Videos

Comparisons Alpha Five vs. MS Access Alpha Five vs. FileMaker Alpha vs PHP and ASP