It is an exciting time to be an existing ApexSQL Developer user as we have released a lot of new features and have some exciting plans
SQL Formatting
In 2014 we added full support for SQL Azure. And in June we released a lot of new features including
- 3 new out-of-the-box formatting profiles including Microsoft SQL Books Online
- Camel case formatting
- Better parenthesis formatting and much more
Links
Schema comparison
Earlier this year we added, the following features
- Full 64 bit support
- Source control support for Git, Mercurial, and Perforce
- And quite a few new comparison options like "Ignore data compression"
Links
- Product page
- Release notes
- Roadmap of upcoming features including improved reports/exports, improved mapping, and SSIS package comparison
- An article on the advantages of ApexSQL Diff
Data comparison
In April we released a major new version of the tool including quite a few new comparison options and new reports/exports in HTML and XML respectively
Links
- Product page
- Release notes
- Roadmap of upcoming features including support for comparing data in script folders and source control projects, and custom schema mapping
Database documentation
Late last year we released significantly improved support for SSIS including control and data flow diagrams. And as a follow up in March we introduced significantly improved performance and a One-click documentation feature from SSMS
Links
- Product page
- Release notes
- An article on the advantages of ApexSQL Doc
Auto-complete
We’ve already released 5 new versions of ApexSQL Complete this year focusing primarily on performance, usability, and improved quality, including 100 bug fixes. We did also manage to add 200+ code snippets as well.
Links
Test data generation
Did you know we had a new tool for SQL Server test data generation? It was originally released in March of this year and we’ve posted several big updates subsequent to that, but the best is yet to come, as you can see from our product roadmap (see below)
Links
- Product page
- Release notes
- Roadmap of upcoming features
SQL source control
We have a great new tool for SQL source control that works seamlessly (not just via shelling to command line) with all of your favorite drivers e.g. Git, Mercurial, Perforce, TFS, Subversion
Since Dec 31st of 2014 we’ve released 22 new features and fixed 150 bugs!
Links
- Product page
- Release notes
- Roadmap of upcoming features
SQL Server unit testing
We have announced a new product that should be out this year, for SQL Server unit testing. You can see the announcement here
More
For an overview of everything that is New, see What’s new
For a summary of our company roadmap, see What’s next
July 20, 2015
