This video introduces Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge (Developer Studio), an Eclipse-based development environment for creating, editing, testing, debugging, and deploying OpenEdge ABL applications.

In this video, you learn how to set up your ABL development environment and get productive quickly, including:

  • Setting up a workspace for the first time
  • Creating and importing OpenEdge projects
  • Adding existing source files to a project
  • Configuring the OpenEdge Editor (syntax checking, keyword casing, and line numbers)
  • Diagnosing and resolving errors using the Problems view
  • Cleaning a project to trigger recompilation
  • Configuring the PROPATH
  • Exploring the OpenEdge Editor and Visual Designer views

To follow along with this video, download the DemoFiles.zip file, which includes the CustomerApp sample application project, from this Progress Community article.