DBDesigner uses several technologies together to achieve so much so quickly.
The core technology is DBDesigner 6 itself which allows us to write, compile, publish and execute source code for maintaining databases.
DBDesigner 6 was written using DBDesigner 5, which in turn was written using DBDesigner 4, which was written using DBDesigner 3, which was written with DBDesigner 2, which was written with DBDesigner 1, which was written the hard way! Each version has added more features and these have been used to expand the product with each generation.
The core language of DBDesigner is Delphi XE from Embarcadero Technologies as this met our requirements for performance and stability. We also make significant use of 3rd party components for DBDesigner itself and the applications we create from it as they offer more flexibility than some of the standard components.
As a database product, we rely on database engines to store and retrieve data for ourselves and our customers. We have tested extensively with Microsoft SQL Server but it will also run with most other standard SQL database engines.
We connect to databases using SQL as it is both fast and flexible. We use SQLLite through ODBC for local storage within DBDesigner, though not within finished applications.
We use File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to make new releases available, and to download these new releases at client sites.
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