49 Progress OpenEdge Reviews
Progress OpenEdge is easy-to-use program for my everyday programming tasks. Once you get into the language and tools available, tasks are easy to do and implement. What is most important is the fact that progress offers good integration with various databases. There are enough additional features & addons available, which every Progress developer will appreciate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There are some gaps in available Progress documentation, which makes it harder for some developers harder to use daily and understand how to implement tasks. This can lead to frustruation when you need to find specific information and resolve problems quickly. Customer support could be better, but I got my query resolved in a very short time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best thing is that it is very user-friendly also it has a secured payment method which is reliable for any type of user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Right now my experience is very good. So there is not any thing regarding openedge which I say dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I have utilized the Progress OpenEdge platform within many large and medium size corporations over the past three decades and it has been, by far, the most robust, cost effective and enduring environments I have experienced. While other platforms require frequent (costly) migrations to stay abreast of their technologies, Progress Software has continued to deliver a consistent progressive software platform that retains backward compatibility while being able to take advantage of new innovations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
While the Progress OpenEdge environment is used worldwide, the size of the company compared to the Microsofts of the world sometimes makes it difficult for companies to "justify" its adoption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
OpenEdge has the good tools to be productive for developing business software. Its ascendant compatibility makes it good for durable software. It has also all the tools to develop modern software, a performant application server (Pacific) and integration with the latest technologies.
The RDBMS has nothing to envy to more known ones; furthermore it does not need a DBA constantly monitoring it. You can often forget the database for years without the need of one.
Also the ABL language (like stored procedures in SQL or the old SQL*Forms, but updated to more modern standards) is quite easy to learn for newcomers in the team, provided they are a bit curious. On the other side it allows for complex things, has (almost) all the modern object oriented support you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Being quite a little "niche", there is not the same amount of documentation, tutorials or feedback to be found on internet as some concurrent technologies have.
Nor are there many libraries you can choose from (apart some open source, and a few commercial solutions like pdfInclude - equivalent to iText for Java - to generate pdf files), not many pure ALB solutions are available, making the integration of 3rd party libraries sometimes cumbersome.
This makes the discovery of new functionality a bit difficult sometimes. But this is covered by a good technical support. Also the OpenEdge ABL virtual machine lacks the performance of some competitors, which only shows in algorithm intensive processes (the database having a very good performance).
Finally I find it a pity they have moved their GUI stuff to maintenance mode, which pushes us to the web or .Net frontends, thus making necessary to have more skills in the same team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Progress openedge uses 4th generation language. It's a powerful app builder. Progress is popular for its performance and efficiency. Progress openedge is used to create different types of applications and it's too easy to learn and understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Lack of popularity and presence. Developers and testers get less opportunities in market as compared to it's compititors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Its an all in one package where you can use Openedge database with 4gl programming to create/build your application. The Openedge RDBMS provides excellent performance and is easier to manage.
The RDBMS is as comparable to Oracle database as I worked on both.
The Progerss 4gl programming language is easier to learn and can be used to develop real world financial and manufacturing application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The Openedge RDBMS although comparable to Oracle didn't get its desired market share and still is a niche technology.
In terms of technology Progress took time to make OpenEdge database product to be at par with Oracle RDBMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Progress OpenEdge can be used to build applications. It is 4th generation business language. Progress provides a tool named App Builder, which is used to design the screens. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like everything about progress. It's just you have to buy the license for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Openedge in itself is a complete package. You can build a fully functional application with JUST the openedge. It works well with the other technologies, In one of the scenarios, we wanted to imtegrate the google calender in out application itself, So that the drivers are able to view/update/delete their appointments easily from the application itself. They do not have to log in to there google account to do so. Initially we thought this is going to be a complicated task, but after some research it came out to be a farily simple task. And the drivers appriciated this solution as it turned out to be a time saver and effecient solution for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The integration with other technologies should be a bit smooth. That beging said, it does not mean that you can not integrate it with other technologies. Its just that it requires more efforts as compared to its counterparts, e.g Oracle SQL etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
