PUG Challenge Americas

Logging: From Files to the Cloud, with No Code Changes

This session described the ABL logging classes – what they are and how to use and customize them – and how they can be used in your application, including anonymisation of messages and writing to cloud-based services, such as Kafka queues.

PASOE Web Handler – The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread 

In this presentation introduced PASOE’s WebHandlers – the most flexible method to handle HTTP requests in OpenEdge.

Implementing and Using the Decorator Design Pattern in Your Application

The Decorator pattern is a classic design pattern from the Gang of Four. It provides a mechanism to add functionality to OOABL application components, in a flexible and extensible way. This session showed what the pattern is; when and why to use it; and any gotchas when implementing this pattern.

Using the Factory Pattern: How, When and Why

The Factory pattern and its relatives provide a way in which application infrastructure or frameworks can guarantee that a developer gets what they are asking for. This session covered the patterns themselves, how to implement them, and why you would want to (and not).

ABL Legacy Code Refactoring – Patterns and Strategies

Looking at that old GUI or Character application you’ve been working on in the last decades? Wondering what you can do with it to migrate it to the web or modern desktop UI? Business Logic mixed in UI triggers? Validation sprinkled with user interaction?

Mysteries of ProDataset and Temp-Table Parameters

Temp-Tables and ProDatasets are a key construct of many ABL applications – with or without the Progress AppServer.

Using .NET Core with OpenEdge

In this presentation Mike Fechner introduces the ability to use .NET Core from OpenEdge – a new feature released with OpenEdge 12.7. The presentations provides and overview of .NET Core and how it differentiates from previous .NET Integrations in OpenEdge.

The SmartComponent Library: Rapid Application Development & Modernization for OpenEdge Applications

This presentation will give developers, architects and product managers responsible for maintenance and development of OpenEdge applications an overview of the framework.