Mike Fechner
Lead Modernization Architect, Consultingwerk
Bio:
Mike Fechner, director and lead modernization architect at Consultingwerk started using Progress over 29 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 the committee of the EMEA PUG Challenge. He’s also a founding member of the Common Component Specification project.
Sessions:
Wed, 08 May | 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Patterns for Migrating Fat Client GUI Applications to N-Tier, Web Applications
Got that old ABL fat client GUI or TTY application? Considering moving to an n-tier architecture? Browser based, mobile or OpenEdge Web Client? In this presentation we’ll introduce patterns for solving common challenges like application state, record validation, transactions, input blocking and achieving reusable backend components.
Thu, 09 May | 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
SmartComponent Library – The OpenEdge Modernization Framework
The SmartComponent Library is the developer framework designed to modernize existing OpenEdge applications using technologies such as OpenEdge GUI for .NET, Angular web applications, Kendo UI, mobile devices, RESTful clients, OpenEdge BPM and Progress Corticon. It is the foundation for new projects in the cloud and on-premises. In this session, we will demonstrate how the SmartComponent Library complements the OpenEdge developer experience and how the tooling simplifies the development of state of the art Angular web frontends, NativeScript based mobile app and desktop applications – all onto a single future-proof OpenEdge backend.
