REALbasic is een uitgebreide ontwikkelomgeving die geschikt is om allerlei applicaties te ontwikkelen, van kleine utilities tot grote bedrijfsapplicaties. Het pakket heeft een grote compatibiliteit met Visual Basic en bevat ook een applicatie om Visual Basic broncode om te zetten naar REALbasic. REAL Software heeft een nieuwe versie uitgegeven met de versieaanduiding 2006 release 2. De volledige lijst met veranderingen is in dit document na te lezen en de aankondiging voor REALbasic 2006 release 2 ziet er als volgt uit:
REAL Software, provider of REALbasic, cross-platform that really works, announced today it is shipping REALbasic 2006 Release 2, continuing on the company's commitment to deliver updates to customers based on a 90-day rapid release cycle.
"We continually look for ways to improve REALbasic, and this new version is no exception," stated Geoff Perlman, president and CEO of REAL Software, Inc. "For this release, we focused specifically on quality and reliability to underscore our commitment to customer satisfaction. We recommend REALbasic 2006 Release 2 to users who may have been waiting to move beyond REALbasic 5.5."
REALbasic 2006 Release 2 delivers over 150 improvements throughout the product. This includes improvements to the code editor, window editor, project editor, the compiler and built applications. This release also includes a new version of Lingua™, a utility first included in REALbasic 2006 Release 1 for localizing applications.
REALbasic 2006 Release 2 also includes a number of new features, including an update to the code editor to hide events that contain no code and additional mouse cursors, including invisible, show and hide cursor commands.