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Answers to common questions about AEGIS

1. What is AEGIS?
2. What language can I use to program AEGIS?
3. The AE language looks like BASIC. Is it?
4. Can I use AEGIS for CGI programming?
5. What platforms does AEGIS run on?
6. Where can I see an application written in AEGIS?
7. Can I try it out?
8. How do I build data-driven applications?

1 What is AEGIS?

AEGIS is an Application Development Environment. It consists of software which helps to build and run multi-user, multi-platform application systems for business, industry and electronic commerce.

2 What language can I use to program AEGIS?

AEGIS includes its own language, AEscript, which is used to write programs for the AEGIS environment.

3 The AE language looks like BASIC. Is it?

Not quite. While it is true that the language looks a lot like BASIC, the syntax is somewhat different. The function library and variable handling are more similar to languages such as C and Pascal than they are to BASIC. Also, the AEscript language includes optimizations for use in an HTML/CGI environment.

4 Can I use AEGIS for CGI programming?

That is one of the primary functions of AEGIS/cgi, the electronic commerce component of AEGIS. It is designed to work as a CGI programming environment, and solves many of the common CGI programming problems including security, authentication, and session continuity.

for more information see AEGIS/cgi

5 What platforms does AEGIS run on?

AEGIS runs on a number of platforms, most of them Unix based. Check the official supported platforms list for up-to-the-minute details. Primary support is provided for Linux, SCO Unix, and the QNX Realtime OS.

for more information see Platforms

6 Where can I see an application written in AEGIS?

You are looking at one right now! This entire website is a database-driven AEGIS/cgi application, and this FAQ page is a sub-function that reads the list of questions and answers from an SQL database, and produces the page you are reading.

7 Can I try it out?

Sure. Just download an evaluation copy for your platform. This will give you 60 days to test the environment and discover just how easy AEGIS really is to use.

for more information see Evaluation

8 How do I build data-driven applications?

AEGIS includes the ability to handle both flat files and SQL databases.

The flat file support includes the ability to read and write both sequential text files and regular record files.

Inline SQL is supported directly in the AEscript language. The SQL statement is passed directly to the appropriate database driver, and the data cursor results are available as variables in your program. Database drivers are already written for a number of popular SQL engines, including MiniSQL, MySQL, D3 and Postgres, and work continues on interfaces to more popular databases.
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