PowerServer 2021 is comprised of two parts:
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PowerServer Toolkit -- Provides utilities for 1) Creating and managing PowerServer projects; 2) Analyzing and compiling the application; 3) Generating and deploying the application web files (PBD files and supporting files) to the web server; 4) Generating a PowerServer Web API solution; 5) Compiling and running the PowerServer Web APIs (in the local environment); 6) Running a PowerServer project; 6) Generating build files from existing PowerServer projects for auto-build, etc.
PowerServer Toolkit is provided as a component in the PowerBuilder Installer and installed as a plug-in to the PowerBuilder IDE. The PowerServer Toolkit is by default installed to %AppeonInstallPath%\Common\PSToolkit\[version]\.
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The PowerServer NuGet packages -- The runtime library for the PowerServer Web APIs that supports data processing, authorization, licensing etc. When you launch the PowerServer C# solution, the PowerServer NuGet packages will be automatically downloaded and installed from the NuGet website (https://www.nuget.org). Please make sure the computer can connect to the NuGet website (https://www.nuget.org).
For more information, refer to refer to PowerServer Help > Installation > PowerServer Components.
