Webinar: Exploring AI Developer Tools for OpenEdge

26 February 2026

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Exploring AI Developer Tools for OpenEdge: Windsurf, Claude Code, Google Antigravity & Co.

Modern AI developer tools are changing how enterprise applications are understood, extended, and modernized. In this webinar, Mike Fechner gives a practical overview of today’s most relevant AI-assisted development tools - including Windsurf, Claude Code, Google Antigravity, and other emerging solutions - with a clear focus on OpenEdge development.

You’ll learn how these tools can help when working with large and long-lived OpenEdge codebases, for example by supporting:

faster code comprehension and analysis
refactoring and modernization tasks
generation of ABL-related artifacts
reasoning across complex application structures

A key part of the session is understanding where these tools work well - and where they don’t. We’ll look at limitations, context handling, model strengths, and how well different tools integrate into editors and IDEs.

What we will cover:

Core architectural concepts behind modern AI developer tools
Tool and model comparison for code understanding, refactoring, and AI-assisted development
Practical patterns and best practices for OpenEdge developers and architects

This webinar is designed for OpenEdge developers, software architects, and technical leads who want to evaluate AI-assisted tools realistically and apply them effectively in professional environments.

As the first session in our 2026 AI webinar series, it sets the stage for deeper technical follow-up sessions throughout the year.

Webinar Details:

Speaker: Mike Fechner, Lead Modernization Architect

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Speaker

Mike Fechner

Mike Fechner, Lead Modernization Architect at Consultingwerk, started working with Progress over 30 years ago. Since then, he has supported Progress Application Partners and end customers in adopting the latest OpenEdge and Progress features to enhance and extend existing applications.

With his strong framework design expertise, he has laid the foundation for the development of many successful OpenEdge applications.

Mike specializes in object-oriented programming in ABL, software architecture, GUI for .NET, web technologies, and a broad range of Progress products including OpenEdge, Telerik, and Corticon. He is deeply involved in software modernization projects on a daily basis and is a passionate modernization enthusiast.

He is a well-known and active member of the international OpenEdge community and a frequent presenter at conferences around the world. Mike serves as a board member of the German PUG as well as a board member of the PUG Challenge.