4D Qodly Pro: What’s New in 4D 20 R8
4D 20 R8 is now available and offers a new set of 4D Qodly Pro features to empower your web applications.
Keep discovering this powerful platform—a robust, user-friendly solution for building business web applications with minimal coding effort.
Integrated within 4D, 4D Qodly Pro for 4D allows you to leverage existing business logic developed for desktop applications.
It is time now, with 4D 20 R8, to discover how to implement HTTP request handlers, work efficiently with roles and privileges, and gain perfection with dynamic UIs.
Master HTTP Requests with 4D Request Handlers
In today’s web-driven world, servers process an overwhelming number of requests. Efficiently analyzing, counting, interpreting, and rerouting these requests is essential, especially when applying MVC principles.
In 4D 20 R8, with the introduction of HTTP Request Handlers on the 4D HTTP Server, you can define accurately which business logic you want to trigger regarding specific URLs patterns.
Main advantages of this feature are:
- Offering more granularity in implementing the code handling received requests. This business logic can be split in several classes. Forget extensive Case of statements in the On Web Connection database method.
- Allowing a redirection on a Qodly page which opens up new perspectives to extend 4D application on the web
This powerful feature unlocks many possibilities, as detailed below. Keep reading to learn more and work with concrete examples.
QODLY STUDIO FOR 4D: WHAT’S NEW IN 4D 20 R7
We’re sure you’ll be pleased to explore the new features Qodly Studio for 4D brings with 4D 20 R7.
Keep discovering this powerful platform—a robust and user-friendly solution for building business web applications with minimal coding effort.
Integrated within 4D, Qodly Studio for 4D allows you to leverage existing business logic developed for desktop applications.
Let’s dive into the details and see how your app can deliver more than just data while offering a dynamic user interface and strong data protection through setting up privileges.
Energize your Web applications with the OutgoingMessage Class
In today’s digital world, a smooth and intuitive user experience is key to any web application’s success. A critical part of this experience is providing users with easy access to various resources—whether documents, images, or other data types. To make this possible, your server must manage and deliver different content formats efficiently.
With 4D’s 20 R7 new REST server feature, managing diverse content delivery is now easier than ever. Previously, the REST server could only return scalar, entity, or entity selection data. Now, it can deliver full web content directly—content ready for a browser to handle.
Downloading files or receiving binary data from the REST server is now straightforward, thanks to the new OutgoingMessage class. With it, you can easily customize responses to suit your needs.
Read on to explore how the OutgoingMessage class can enhance your application!
Qodly Studio for 4D: Dynamic User Interfaces with Page States
With 4D 20 R6, Qodly Studio for 4D introduced an exciting new feature: Page States. Perhaps you’ve already come across our previous post, but let’s explore what makes this feature so valuable for dynamic UIs.
Imagine UIs that adapt instantly to different user steps or contexts.
Here are some common use cases where Page States shine:
- Enable or disable components based on user actions (e.g., activate the “Save” button only when all mandatory fields are filled).
- Switch between light and dark modes with a simple toggle.
- Restrict access to actions (read, update, etc.) based on user privileges.
QODLY STUDIO FOR 4D: WHAT’S NEW IN 4D 20 R6
With each release, Qodly Studio for 4D becomes a more powerful platform, a robust and user-friendly solution for building business web applications with minimal coding effort.
Integrated within 4D, Qodly Studio for 4D allows you to leverage existing business logic developed for desktop applications.
Qodly Studio for 4D 20 R6 introduces a host of intuitive features, making it easier than ever to bring your vision to life.
Let’s dive into the details!
QODLY STUDIO FOR 4D: WHAT’S NEW IN 4D 20 R5
In our previous posts, we introduced you to Qodly Studio for 4D and hope you have begun exploring its features. With each release, Qodly Studio for 4D becomes an increasingly robust and user-friendly solution for building business web applications with minimal coding effort.
Integrated deeply with 4D, Qodly Studio for 4D allows you to leverage existing business logic developed for desktop applications.
Let’s dive into the exciting new features of Qodly Studio for 4D 20 R5 and how you can integrate them into your applications.
Permissions: Inspect Session Privileges for Easy Debugging
Today, you can benefit from a powerful feature to filter access to data, which is essential for preventing malicious access to your application.
This feature uses privileges that allow certain actions on your data. These privileges are assigned to users through roles and stored in the Session during authentication.
In 4D 20 R6, we enhanced this functionality by allowing you to inspect the privileges in the Session, which is very helpful for debugging.
Keep reading to learn more.
ORDA – Say Goodbye to Empty Spaces in Your Entity Selections
We’ve all been there. You build a beautiful interface that displays an entity selection for users. They can drop entities to refine their choices, but then… those empty spaces appear where the dropped entities used to be.
Rebuilding the entity selection after drops? No more! 4D 20 R6 introduces a handy feature that eliminates this pain point with just one line of code.
Keep reading to discover how this feature can keep your interface clean and your users happy.
Easily Using Qodly’s REST API
A few months ago, we announced that Qodly Studio is now available to all our Silver Partners (and higher).
Qodly Studio for 4D is fully integrated into 4D, allowing 4D Server to host your application with both desktop and web pages.
Qodly Studio is also accessible on Qodly, as part of 4D’s newly launched SaaS offering. This innovative hybrid low-code solution is specifically designed for web browser-based business applications.
Even if you’ve already built apps using the Qodly platform, we have more good news! You can now with 4D 20 R5 utilize the REST API of a Qodly application to seamlessly work with your data.
Keep reading to learn more.
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