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DESCRIPTION
Revolution and the Rev platform enables better, easier and faster software construction for everyone. With an extensive product family, we have a solution for you.
Rev is ideal for complete beginners who have never written a line of code before. Its easy English-like language is quick to learn and more memorable than any traditional programming language. Thats why Rev is loved by content experts, artists and educators who need to create interactive content but have no desire to become programmers.
But don't be fooled by simplicity. Rev's powerful, flexible feature set is used by professional developers creating shrink wrapped commercial software, business process automation tools, in-house utilities and working in enterprise teams on real-time and mission critical applications. Rev's high productivity environment is in indespensible tool for professionals under pressure to deliver more with tight budgets. Top Benefits
- Up to 10x more productive than traditional development systems.
- Flexible platform creates applications that run on the Web, desktop or server, for the PC, Mac or Linux.
- From rich Web applications to powerful enterprise software solutions, designed for any skill-set, platform, project or budget
- Deliver dramatically more with less - less time, less effort, ideal for tight budgets
Powerful Toolset One of the unique benefits of Rev is its iterative workflow. Projects are edited dynamically with changes happening in real time. There is no compile-run-edit-debug cycle that takes so much time with traditional development tools. Rev is also ideal for using agile development to adapt quickly to changing requirements.
- Drag and drop user interface builder
- Run and edit live
- Integrated visual debugger
- Edit and debug on all supported platforms
- Create Web applications with a single click
- Create single-file standalone executables with a single click
- Access databases, powerful data presentation options
- Create native or custom interfaces for all platforms
- Edit server scripts directly on the server
- Remote visual debugger for server scripting
WHAT'S NEW
Version 4.0:
- Publish to the Web
Now present your solutions online within major browsers on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Build fully-featured, multi-window solutions that interact with Web pages, the local file system, and external data sources. Automatically adopt the target operating system look-and-feel, or design your own dynamic interface. Compile to tiny, compressed redistributable files with the full functionality of a desktop application – but without the need for users to download and install a standalone executable. Develop anything from simple banners, animations, and multimedia presentations to immersive games, sophisticated dashboards, and multiuser productivity applications.
- Dynamic Graphic Effects
Accelerate and simplify the construction of compelling user interfaces by programmatically specifying visual effects for any object – including bitmaps, vector artwork, and controls – at runtime. Apply drop shadows, inner shadows, outer and inner glows, and color overlays with a variety of customizable settings. Give your solutions a rich sense of visual depth and dynamism without the need to render effects ahead of time in an external graphics program.
- Learning and Reference
Enjoy a faster, cleaner, more reliable dictionary with additional information about the revTalk keywords you use most. Access new resources online including a Web-based revTalk dictionary and the all-new, task-based “Lessons” knowledge base. Show off your work to the world via revOnline, now also accessible via the Web.
- Usability
New auto-update notifications in all editions of Rev inform you after launch of available new versions, so you’re sure to receive new features and fixes as soon as they are available. Enhanced standalone building provides enhanced security and other improvements. Dozens of fixes and enhancements to the data grid and other areas, plus new desktop icons and artwork.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Revolution Media User Reviews (14 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Oct 16 2008 |
TEKSESTRO The Runtime Revolution folks seem to have been hard at work - and it shows. Not only is version 3 a major and worthwhile upgrade, but also: 1) the developers have been sistematically squashing bugs and increasing the feature set of the application. 2) the Revolution community has been nurtured by the makers, and the happiness shows - at least for a newbie like me. It seems incredibly active, welcoming and helpful, and the developers participate actively in it. 3) the developers have listened to customers complaints about cost, and have brough the price down. I admit, that I had given up on Revolution - 'round about version 2 - but this new version 3 made me want to use it again. I think now I don't really have an reasonable excuse not to renew my old license...
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| Sep 12 2008 |
PAUL GABEL I've been using Runtime Revolution for a year now and am tremendously impressed with the quality of this product, especially version 3.0, which includes substantial improvements to the script editor. Admittedly, I get frustrated once in awhile, but it always turns out to have been my own fault. You'll need to spend a day or so getting used to its structure and idiosyncrasies, but after that its flexibility and ease of use is phenomenal, and its speed is unbelievable. The company is very responsive to bug reports. Highly recommended!
(Version 3.0) | |
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| Aug 1 2003 |
ANONYMOUS 2.1B1? I DONT UNDERSTAND! 2.2 was released over one week ago! Seems stable to me. Much much easier to use than RealBasic.
(Version 2.1b1) | |
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 | Jul 4 2008 |
FEDUP I just purchased 2.8.1 about 4 months ago from Runtime. I like the software but this is getting ridicules. You buy something and 2 months later or so here comes the next wiz bang piece of software with no free upgrades to those that just purchased the old version. We, as consumers need to send a message to all the companies that have come up with this new marketing plan and let them know that the WELL will run dry if they keep thinking that their customer base is made of money. | |
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| Apr 4 2008 |
MACINTOSH SAUCE I absolutely refuse to upgrade to version 2.9 from 2.8.1. I paid a lot of money for this older version, which has been buggy as hell with NO updates. Now they want me to pay $199 to upgrade to this new version. I don't think so... I am done with this company and their bloody ridiculous upgrade policy.
(Version 2.9) | |
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| Apr 4 2008 |
MACINTOSH SAUCE I got a major surprise this afternoon - an e-mail with a link to my free 2.9 upgrade. I forgot I purchased a one-year plan for upgrades and the actual expiry date. Apologies for my post above are in order, because it was my fault for not knowing when my plan expired. Sorry...
(Version 2.9) | |
 | Nov 30 2007 |
BILLCOYOTE Screen refreshing problems with Leopard... :-(
(Version 2.8.1) | |
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| Jun 3 2006 |
MACTICK Revolution continues its prohibitively expensive update policy. Having updated to Revolution Studio in Feb 2006 for £139 because further support for DreamCard was discontinued at that point, I now find that I am asked to pay £199 for the update to version 2.7.2. Of course, the £199 also buys me any additional upgrades that Revolution may make in the following year. Such a policy makes me long for HyperCard for OS X, a longing never to be fulfilled.
(Version 2.7.2) | |
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 | May 17 2007 |
SANJINKO Ronald,
check this out:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/3210/supercard
AND/OR
http://supercard.us/
(Version 2.8.1) | |
| Oct 11 2005 |
BILLCOYOTE I like very much "Runtime Revolution" but there are many bugs about characters transcoding between Windows, Mac OS X and Linux applications... Actually, I didn't find solutions to make a *real* crossplateform software... :-( Please, have a look very soon for a better management of clipboard. :-)
(Version 2.6.1) | |
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| Oct 11 2005 |
ANONYMOUS try a wiki like PmWiki !
(Version 2.6.1) | |
| Aug 14 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Revolution is good, but a bit unstable and buggy. Comes closest to old HyperCard in many ways. I will stick to REALbasic until something even closer to old HyperCard becomes available. Revolution's upgrade policy or lack thereof makes it a very expensive tool for users and a great cash cow for the developer. I couldn't even get a minor upgrade without rebuying it!!! Worst upgrade policy I've seen. Won't buy the product ever again unless they do something more reasonable.
(Version 2.2.1) | |
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 | Nov 9 2004 |
HEATHER NAGEY Actually, this is incorrect. You can purchase updates without buying the product again. I'm sorry that the person who posted this remained anonymous as unfortunately that means I can't help him/her directly.
(Version 2.5) | |
| Feb 14 2006 |
EMB If you are looking for something closer to HyperCard take a look at SuperCard. I have both Revolution and SuperCard and I much prefer SuperCard for most things.
(Version 2.7) | |
| Jun 2 2006 |
TSALAGI RED Actually, it is correct that you have to re-buy it, unless you can afford to keep your license up to date. That means you have to buy all the major upgrades. A more reasonable system would be to follow the example of Adobe, for example. I can skip several versions of photoshop, and still get an upgrade price. Not so with Revolution. I have stopped using Revolution. I can't afford it!
(Version 2.7.2) | |
| Jun 2 2006 |
EMB I agree with the earlier posts regarding Revolution's upgrade policy. I had Revolution 2.2 and paid $109 to upgrade. Several months later Revolution became Dreamcard and was priced at $49. I contacted Heather Nagey regarding the fact that I had paid more that twice as much for my upgrade than a brand new copy of Dreamcard cost. She saw nothing wrong with the situation. Now it appears that Dreamcard has been discontinued and if I want to upgrade from Dreamcard to Revolution Studio it will cost $199. An academic version of Revolution Studio sells for $189, and there is no upgrade price that I can find, so once again it would be less expensive to buy a new copy than to upgrade. The only way to avoid these upgrade problems is to buy the renewal pack which gets you free updates for one year. However, even the renewal pack is not inexpensive. As one of the earlier posts said, I can't afford to pay these prices for upgrades, especially when the upgrade is within version 2 rather than from 2 to 3.
(Version 2.7.2) | |
| Jun 25 2004 |
GRAHAM VLAWA Nice and easy. If you used HyperCard and are sad that it only runs in Classic mode... then you should rush to download this. Not only does it open your HyperCard stacks, but it offers a great deal more. You can use the easy HyperTalk here, too. This means easier to develop than Basic, but Revolution can build real applications. It's surprisingly fast for a scripting environment. The only criticism I have is a cluttered interface...
(Version 2.2.1) | |
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