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Case Studies | Reviews

The following are excerpts from reviews of WebSmart software. Also, be sure to check out what leading users have to say in our customer stories section.

2006

"You’ll find that you’ll be writing basic stuff within a day or two. As is with learning any new IDE and language (and there’s a language involved here—see the Functionality section below), it will take a little time and effort but given all the helps, programming aids, etc., you should be good to go."
Don Rima, iSystem Magazine (IBM) , October 2006

IT Jungle

Improve development productivity and produce quality Web-based business applications.
Duncan Kenzie, BCD Software CTO, June 2006

MCPress Online

Easily move applications from green-screen to Web.
Duncan Kenzie, BCD Software CTO, February 2006

MCPress Online

2005

"There are several vendors who Web-enable existing RPG applications, but there are few vendors who will convert RPG into code designed to run on the iSeries. BCD Software recently released a tool to convert existing applications to the PML language of its flagship WebSmart."
Joe Pluta, MCPressOnline, November 2005

MCPress Online

"In short, in most cases, organizations looking for Web development and deployment tools designed for iSeries should put WebSmart and Nexus Portal on their evaluation list."
Joel Klebanoff, MCPressOnline, January 2005

MCPress Online

2004

"...With WebSmart they're not overwhelmed. You put a programmer in front of the IDE with a template or two and watch his eyes light up," he says. "You can do much more sophisticated coding, with much less effort."
Alex Woodie, ITJungle, February 17 2004

IT Jungle

2003

"When WebSmart 4.0 ships later this year or early next year, Business Computer Design Int'l says, users will find the integrated development toolset easier to use than that in previous versions."
Alex Woodie, ITJungle, November 4, 2003

IT Jungle

2002

"I can tell you of an $800 million electrical company that burned through $100,000 and were totally dismayed because they did not get what they wanted with WebSphere," says Eric Figura, manager of sales and marketing at BCD. "They didn't even come close. The company came to BCD and said, 'We'll pay you for 40 hours of consulting to show us how far you can go with the application that we want.' After 38 hours of coding, using BCD's WebSmart, Figura says, the BCD programmers completed the company application. "
Dan Burger, October 28, 2002,

IT Jungle

2001

"BCD has also announced the beta test release of WebSmart Site Management System. Built by using BCD's ProGen WebSmart development tool, Site Management System is an administrative tool that runs under the WebSmart Application Server. Site Management System allows users to implement systemwide security; change the look of a site by modifying front-end pages"
Joe Hertvik, ITJungle, November 21, 2001

IT Jungle

2000

"BCD has been doing this stuff for a long time, and it seems to have the program generator technique down. I am pretty impressed with the RPG IV code that the new beta version of ProGen WebSmart generates. "
Kevin Vandever, MCPressOnline, November 2000

MCPress Online

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Testimonial

"As an RPG programmer that is transfering my skills to web application processing, WebSmart is the way to go."
Lloyd Caldwell
Maitland Smith USA

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