Today we have released WeBuilder 2025 Beta. Beta will be only available for the WeBuilder; Rapid CSS, HTMLPad or Rapid PHP will come as production releases only. The final release date and upgrade availability will depend on the amount of problems detected in beta. We are also adding new features, so the final version may have more features, but we wanted to release something ASAP, because it has been too long since anything new was released.
What is Beta? Should I install it?
Beta is an experimental test version of an unfinished future release of the software. It may contain more bugs and issues than regular releases, at the same time it contains features from the future releases. While we use our own Betas in production environment and think that our Betas are pretty stable, we can only recommend Beta versions for adventurous advanced users rather than routine production use.
Why 2025 and not 2024?
This version is the new major version that will be the newest and greatest all through 2024 - 2025 and, maybe, beyond, receiving updates. There will be no 2025 version, so we decided to call this version 2025.
Download
Download from here:
https://download.blumentals.net/webuild2025beta4.exe
What's new?
Here is a list of changes and new features:
https://www.webuilderapp.com/whatsnew2025.php
Experimental, but game-changing AI
In-house we are using AI all the time, every day. We believe, it is a major breakthrough in the programming industry. So the new version has integration with AI chat, but there are some notes:
* Technology is new, it will contain bugs
* AI is not perfect, it may produce wrong answers sometimes
* We rely on ChatGPT currently. Version 3.5 works well and is very fast. Version 4.0 works well, but sometimes is rather slow, becauseo of OpenAI API slowness
* AI is a paid service, but we are including some free service credit out of our own pocket
* When you buy a license, you will get a lot of free credits included (for hundreds of requests) with your license key
* But now, for Beta, the only way to get free credits is to create a free Blumentals Software account (it will be optional with normal paid version), and it includes limited amount
* If you run out of free AI credits while using Beta, please contact us
More about AI: https://www.webuilderapp.com/ai.php
Installing WeBuilder 2025 beta
* Version 2025 can co-exist with WeBuilder 2022 and 2020 and it is installed in a separate folder by default.
* Almost all settings are shared between versions and you can use both versions.
* Be careful with uninstalling any version (new or old) of WeBuilder. Make sure you choose to keep your settings when prompted by installer.
How can I contribute when using Beta version?
* It is important that you report any bugs via our support website (https://www.webuilderapp.com/support-contact.php) mentioning that you are using Beta version (preferably state full version info from About box, e.g. 18.0.0.255)
* Beta most likely will contain bugs and every bug you find is a success if you report it to us. We are using Beta for web development tasks in-house already.
* Please contact support ONLY regarding bugs, errors and obvious misbehaviour. (Do not send us e-mails like "I do not like the splash-screen" or "why did you not add all the features I requested?")
* If you have some comments or thoughts that are not bug reports, please DO share them, but only in this forum.
* We have very limited resources and support staff is overloaded already. We will appreciate if you give precise and detailed step-by-step problem reports to maximize the efficiency of the communication.
When the official stable release is planned?
In March - May 2024.
Thank you and enjoy, you are the best!