by Will Vasquez, on Jul 17, 2019 1:34:48 PM
Understanding the new code structure You finally migrated your VB6 application using the Visual Basic Upgrade Companion. Now you have a WinForms application, but since you're just getting started with …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Jun 3, 2019 3:08:25 PM
Casamba is a national leader in providing electronic medical record (EMR) enterprise software to skilled nursing facilities, outpatient therapy clinics, contract therapy providers, and home health and hospice agencies. Founded …
Read Storyby John Browne, on May 15, 2019 5:58:00 AM
Last week was Microsoft's annual developer conference aka Build. Three days of total software geekitude: Azure, IoT, .NET, Visual Studio, and even a doggie petting zoo. Yes, your modern developer …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 25, 2019 5:37:00 AM
I just finished reading a white paper from a highly-respected technology company about their definition of application modernization. Their definition of application modernization is "repackaging" legacy applications for "more agility" …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Apr 2, 2019 6:00:00 AM
Launch day! At least it is in Redmond where the Visual Studio team is celebrating the launch of VS 2019, and no, it's not an April Fools joke (that was …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 11, 2019 11:37:36 AM
Welcome back. If you've been reading along, in Part 1 and Part 2 we talked about what PowerBuilder DataWindows do, how they are used, and the challenges of modernizing PowerBuilder …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 4, 2019 2:20:17 PM
In Part 1, we reviewed the nature and popularity of PowerBuilder DataWindows, and yes PowerBuilder was pretty cool back in the day. But so were leisure suits. Now, however, nobody …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Mar 4, 2019 2:20:04 PM
The DataWindow object is the cornerstone of PowerBuilder application development. PowerBuilder apps are largely designed around accessing databases, typically for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations. In fact, most business …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Dec 19, 2018 3:55:45 PM
Recently one of our account executives asked me an interesting question. He had been contacted by an ISV who was slogging through a rewrite of a very large (millions of …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 29, 2018 6:02:00 AM
Almost done. If you've been reading along, you know we got Docker for Windows running, created a dockerfile in Visual Studio, and published our app to a directory where Docker …
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