Easel Workbench

Easel Workbench is an OS/2 2.0 based development environment for building client/server and cooperative processing applications and renovating existing host-based applications with CUA compliant GUIs. Easel Workbench provides the tools for taking the developer through the edit, compile, debug, and test cycle of application development.

Features
The visual programming tools include a Layout Editor, which supports IBM’s SAA CUA guidelines, a Drawing Editor, a Menu Editor, and an Attribute Editor. Other editing tools include a built-in Text-Editor and a Librarian. The debugging tools consist of a Source Level Debugger and Trace Facilities.

SQL database support: Communications support: Advanced Program-to-Program Communications (APPC) and Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) are also supported. Application production compilers for OS/2, Windows or MS-DOS were available.
 * Microsoft SQL Server
 * IBM OS/2 Database Manager
 * 3270
 * PC Support/5250
 * VT100 (asynchronous)

Versions

 * 1.0 (1991)
 * 2.0 (1993) - SQL Edition, Corporate Edition
 * ESL Workbench 4.0 for OS/2 (1994)

Publications

 * Kevin Kornfeld: Front-ending Applications with EASEL - IBM Personal Systems Developer
 * Easel Workbench: Robust Client/Server Development - OS/2 Developer V3N5 (1993)