We had a fantastic time
attending the PUG UK & Ireland Summer Conference 2024 at Hogarths Hotel,
Solihull on 12th June 2024. It was an excellent
opportunity to connect with the OpenEdge community and share insights on the
latest advancements in our field.
Mike Fechner discussed the following topics:
Using .NET Core with OpenEdge
OpenEdge 12.8 supports the usage of .NET Core API’s from OpenEdge runtimes on Windows and Linux. The session introduced and demonstrated this new feature. We discussed language, runtime and tooling support.
The session showcased some example ABL based solutions using .NET core and compared the performance of using .NET Core to native ABL solutions as well as .NET Framework.
Building ABL Clients based on Swagger
OpenAPI (typically called Swagger) is a standard for describing REST and typically JSON based API’s – a typical question when integrating REST based API’s into any application today is, where’s the Swaggerfile.
In this session we introduced the basic concepts of OpenAPI and the Swaggerfile, tooling that can be used with this and what it takes use OpenAPI as a foundation to build ABL clients to access those API’s.
The SmartComponent Library
In this session we provided an overview of the SmartComponent Library framework – the full-stack framework for OpenEdge application modernization. We highlighted features such as the exposing and consuming RESTful service as well as features to refactor existing ABL applications.
We are grateful for the
opportunity to contribute to such an inspiring even.
Contact us:
For those who couldn't
attend or want more personalized insights, feel free to book a meeting with
Mike Fechner at info@consultingwerk.de.
Mike Fechner, Director
Mike Fechner, lead modernization architect at Consultingwerk started using Progress over 30 years ago and ever since has supported Progress Application Partners and end customers in adopting the features of
the latest OpenEdge and Progress releases to enhance the capabilities of existing applications. With his framework design skills he has set the stage for development of many successful OpenEdge applications.
Mike is specialized on object orientation in the ABL, software architectures, the GUI for .NET, web technologies and a wide range of Progress products such as OpenEdge, Telerik and Corticon. He is involved in
software modernization projects on a day by day basis.
He is a well-known and active member of the international OpenEdge community, frequent presenter at conferences around the world and is a board member of the German PUG and founder of the committee of the EMEA
PUG Challenge. He’s also a founding member of the Common Component Specification project.