List of Tools
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 |
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 |