List of Tools

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This section give OS/2 developers a list of available tools: What they do, how to get them, and links to related stuff, like an EDM/2 article covering the issue. And not the least: The "Discussion" section of each entry allows to add personal comments, experiences and opinions. You can also view development tools classified by the programming language used.

Categories

Full Packages

This includes full development packages, containing elements like compiler(s), make tools, debuggers etc. The most important single tools from any package should be also entered in the appropriate sections below.

Programming Language Name License
Ada Alsys Ada Commercial
Artek Ada
BASIC IBM VisualAge for Basic
Microsoft Basic PDS
Microshare Basic
C IBM C/2
IBM C Set/2
Microsoft C
TopSpeed C
C/C++ Borland C++ for OS/2
IBM C Set++ for OS/2
IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0
IBM VisualAge C++ Professional 4.0
TopSpeed C++
COBOL IBM VisualAge COBOL
Micro Focus Cobol
Microsoft Cobol
Eiffel Tower Eiffel
FORTRAN77 Microsoft FORTRAN77
Prospero FORTRAN 77
Open Watcom FORTRAN 77 Open Source
Java Borland JBuilder (Java) Commercial, Free Personal Edition
Oracle JDeveloper Freeware
Modula-2 Logitech Modula-2 Commercial
TopSpeed Modula-2
Pascal Microsoft Pascal
Prospero Pascal
TopSpeed Pascal
Virtual Pascal Freeware
Prolog Arity Prolog Commercial
Visual Prolog Commercial, Free Personal Edition
Smalltalk Enfin Smalltalk Commercial
IBM VisualAge Smalltalk Enterprise 6.0
VisualWorks

Integrated Developer's Environments (IDE)

GUI frameworks integrating all necessary development tools into one surface. Note: Most programmer's editors can also be configured to serve as simple IDEs

Name License Status
Hockware VisPro/C Commercial Discontinued
Hockware VisPro/C++
IBM Workframe/2 1.1
IBM Workframe/2 2.x
IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 Workframe
IBM VisualAge C++ 4.0 Workframe
NetBeans Open Source
SpeedSoft Sibyl Open Source - GNU GPL Discontinued
WDSibyl (Updated Speedsoft Sibyl)

Developer's Toolkits for OS/2

Name License Status
IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.0 Commercial Discontinued
IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.1
IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Warp Version 4
IBM OS/2 Developer's Toolkit
IBM Developer Connection Device Driver Kit for OS/2
MKS Toolkit
IBM VisualAge C++ Distributed Application Development Toolkit (DADT)
IBM Internationalization (I18N)
IBM LAN Systems Toolkit
IBM Multimedia OpenDoc
IBM OpenDoc for OS/2
IBM Pen for OS/2 Developer's Toolkit
IBM SearchManager/2 Toolkit
IBM SOMObjects Developer Toolkit
IBM TCP/IP Programmer's Toolkit
TbxShield
TWAIN Software Developer's kit

Source Code Generators

Facilities for automatically generating source code

Name License Status
The APL c compiler project Open source
CAPLink Commercial Discontinued
COBOL sp2
General Application Workbench
Guidelines
KASE:Set for OS/2
PartMeister
PMI ModBase
Professor Owl
Rational Rose
SOM Compiler (IBM OS/2 Toolkit, SOMobjects Toolkit, OpenDoc Toolkit)
IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 Visual Builder
VisualAge C++ 4.0 Visual Builder

Debugging Tools

Debugging tools, including debuggers, trace tools etc.

Name License Status
IBM VAC/C++ 3.0 Debugger Commercial Discontinued
IBM VAC/C++ 4.0 Debugger
IBM Interactive Code Analysis Tool (ICAT)
IBM Source Debugger Open Source
IDA Commercial Discontinued
OpenWatcom Debugger (wd) Open Source
Smalltalk Professional Debug Package Commercial Discontinued
Turbo Debugger

Code Interpreters

Interpreters for interpreted or scripting languages

Name License Status
C-Forth Open Source Discontinued
C Styled Script
C Scripting Language
dBase Commercial
FIG-Forth Open Source
FORTH/2 Shareware/Open Source
Haskell
Irie Pascal Shareware Discontinued
Lotus Script Commercial Comes with Lotus Office
Martin Richards BCPL Open Source
Microsoft Typescript
NetREXX
IBM Object REXX Discontinued
Perl Open Source
Personal REXX Commercial Discontinued
PM Tcl/Tk Open Source
PMPro Prolog Commercial
Python Open Source
RPilot Discontinued
Ruby
ScriptEase Commercial
UR/Forth

Editors

Source code and special editors for development purposes.

This section has been moved, See: Category:Text editors

Version Control

Name Type License
CVS Project based Open Source
ENVY/Developer Smalltalk - Object based Commercial
Git File based Open Source
Perforce Commercial
RCS Open Source
SUBVERSION
SUPERVERSION

Cross development tools

Name License Status Target
CC65 Open Source Discontinued 65xx
JALV Open Source PIC
LMI Forth-83 Commercial Discontinued Many

Make Tools

Tools for applying all kinds of actions (like: compiling, linking etc.) depending on rules and dependencies.

Name License
dmake
GNU Make (gmake) GNU GPL
IBM/Microsoft NMAKE Commercial
IBM IMAKE Commercial
OpenWatcom WMake Open Source
PMMake Freeware

Generic library's and executables

Tools that are supplied as pre-compiled library's, either EXE or as DLL files and can therefore be used with any development tool.

Name Type License Status
OpenSSL SSL & encryption Open source

Binary Code Generators (Compilers, Linkers etc.)

Tools for generating binary code (like intermediate *.obj files, executables, run time libraries, binary resources, compiled documentation like *.inf or *.hlp files) from source code. See also #Full Packages

Name License Status
ACUCOBOL-85 Commercial Discontinued
Cim Open Source - GNU GPL
EMX C/C++
Free Pascal
GNU Compiler Collection
GNAT Discontinued
GNU Pascal
IBM ILINK, Version 5.0 Commercial
Information Presentation Facility (IPFC from IBM toolkits)
IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 Compiler and Linker
IBM VAC/C++ 3.6.5 Compiler and Linker
IBM Assembly Language Processor
IBM Resource Compiler (RC from IBM toolkits)
IBM PL/I for OS/2
NASM Assembler Open Source - LGPL
Open Watcom C/C++ and Fortran Open Source
PC Simula Commercial Discontinued
SmallEiffel Open source
SpeedSoft Sibyl Pascal Compiler and Linker Open Source - GNU GPL
Stony Brook Professional Modula-2 Commercial
TMT Pascal
UR/Forth
Virtual Pascal Freeware
WDSibyl Pascal Compiler and Linker Open Source - GNU GPL

Code Libraries

Name License Status Language
Canny Open Source Discontinued Ruby
C/Database Toolchest Commercial C
CdBFile Open Source Discontinued C++
cstring C
Cubus OS/2 Class Library Freeware/Open Discontinued C++
dbfLIB Commercial C
dbfLIB++ C++
dbfREXX REXX
Dynamic Windows Open source C
Eco Common Lisp C
e_Comm Commercial Discontinued C, C++
e_Db C, C++, Java
e_Fs C, C++
GoldenCode Java Development Kit 1.4.1 Discontinued
Graphics Development Toolkit Language independent vector graphics kernel
IBM Open Class Library (IOCL from VAC/C++ 3.0 and 4.0)
IBM OS2 Warp Developer Kit, Java Technology Edition 1.1.8
IBM OS2 Warp Developer Kit, Java 2 Technology Edition 1.3.1 SR 10
InnoTek Java Freeware
KEE16
Kroni's Classes Discontinued C++
Lattice Comm Library Commercial C
Lattice dBC III C
LesTecIO Commercial REXX
libcurl Open source C
LZO C, Java
LZ4 C, C++, Java, Pascal, ECMAScript
nCurses C
Net.h++ Commercial Discontinued C++
Odin (Win32-API library) Open Source
The Open Objects Library (OOL) Freeware Discontinued C++
OpenSSL Open source C
OpenZinc Open source C++
PMI DxfOut Commercial Discontinued Modula-2
PMI DynaMatrix
PMI EEv
PMI Macro2
PMI ModBase
PMI Repertoire
Public Domain Curses Open Source C
Qt
Rexx/Curses REXX
REXX/DW
REXXUtil Discontinued
REXXIO Freeware
REXXSEM Discontinued
REXX/Tk Open Source
shwild C, C++
Snappy C, C++, LISP, Java
Socket++ C++
spUtils Discontinued REXX
The Standard Function Library C
Standard Template Library (STL) C++
STLSoft Open Source C++
ST-Open Assembly
Threads.h++ Commercial Discontinued C++
Tools.h++
Workplace Shell Toolkit Open Source
WidgetKit/Business Graphics Commercial Discontinued Smalltalk
wxWidgets Open Source - LGPL
ZGRAF Commercial C++
Zinc Application Framework Discontinued
Zipios++ Open Source

Online Help Compilers and Tools

Name License Status
IBM IPF Compiler Commercial Discontinued
IBM HyperWise/2
IBM Bookmaker for OS/2
OpenWatcom WIPFC Open Source
Phelsuma/2 Freeware Discontinued
Vyperhelp Open Source

Installers

Installation tools for distributing any software package.

Name License
Generic Installer
IBM Software installer
IBM OS/2 Feature Install
SFX Installer Shareware
RPM Open Source
WarpIN GNU GPL

Development Utilities

Development Tools / Libraries

Name License Status
Rwx FreeWare Discontinued
Prominare Converter Commercial
Prominare Validator
SOM Class Administrator
The Object Factory
bfaError

Graphical User Interface Editors

Development Tools / Libraries

Name License Status
COBOL sp2 Commercial Discontinued
General Application Workbench
MAID‎
Prominare Designer Discontinued
Prominare Universal Resource Editor
Visual Ada Developer Open Source
WindowBuilder Pro Commercial Discontinued

Databases

Name System License Status
Apache Derby SQL Open Source
Beagle SQL Discontinued
Borland Paradox Own 4GL Commercial
Bullet Own API
CodeBase xBase
dBase
Harbour Open Source
Lattice dBC III Own API Commercial Discontinued
Lotus Approach Approach
MSQL SQL Open Source/Commercial
MySQL
ObjectStore OO Commercial Discontinued
Omnis 5 Own 4GL
OnCMD xBase
Poise DMS Own 4GL Discontinued
PostgreSQL SQL Open Source
Rel D
SQLite SQL
xBase++ xBase Commercial Discontinued
XDB Enterprise Server
xHarbour Open Source
X2C

Note that this list does not include database libraries that allow you to build databases into your programs unless they are complete databases like SQLite, otherwise they are listed under libraries.

Monitoring

Monitoring Tools.

Name License Status
PM Patrol Commercial Discontinued

Macro Processors

Macro processors and pre-processors

Name License Status
Agena Open Source
GNU awk Open Source - LGPL Discontinued
ML/I Open Source
PMI Macro2 Commercial Discontinued
PPWizard Open Source

Software and quality testing tools

Name Type License
CC-Rider C++ C/C++ static analysis Commercial
Segue QA Partner Automated testing
Softbridge Automated Test Facility
Software TestWorks
Splint C/C++ static analysis Open Source

Spreadsheets

This category has been moved, see: Category:Spreadsheets

Code formatters, beautifiers and visualisation tools

Name License Status Languages
CC-Rider C++ Commercial Discontinued C/C++
Source Mapper Open source Discontinued C

Applications with APIs

Communications

Name License Status
FaxWorks Commercial Discontinued

Spreadsheets

Name Function License Status
Mesa 2 GUI Spreadsheet wit RT capabilities Commercial Discontinued