Nicolas Brachfogel

Product Owner & Senior Developer - Nicolas Brachfogel joined 4D in 2017 as senior developer (4D Server and networking) and as Product Owner to manage the 4D version on Apple Silicon. He is tasked with the redaction of user stories and functional specifications, as well as the verification that the new features are in line with customers' needs. With a degree from Institut Supérieur d'Informatique Appliquée Paris (INSIA), Nicolas started his career as a software developer in 2001. After many years of development in Java and C++, he specialized himself in client-server development in the video game industry. As a developer/software architect, he worked on the server architectures of many games (Dofus Arena, Drakerz, Trivial Pursuit Go !).

Deprecation of the Legacy Network Layer

To handle the communication between 4D Client and 4D Server, 4D proposes 3 different network layers: Legacy, ServerNet, and QUIC. The Legac...

Nicolas Brachfogel

June 5, 2024 1 min read

4D server Client/Server Network QUIC ServerNet

QUIC Now Matches ServerNet Capabilities

The QUIC network layer now supports as many features as the ServerNet network layer. With 4D 20 R5, we added support for IPv6, broadcast, and Single S...

Nicolas Brachfogel

May 6, 2024 1 min read

QUIC

Shared Classes

Do you want a simplified way to use shared objects, following the classic object syntax and automatically calling use/end use when needed? Fasten you...

Nicolas Brachfogel

May 2, 2024 1 min read

Class Programming Singleton

Singletons in 4D

4D 20 R5 delivers a powerful feature for developers: Singletons! The singleton design pattern creates a single instance of a class accessible through...

Nicolas Brachfogel

May 2, 2024 1 min read

Class Programming Singleton

QUIC network layer: Automatic update and sleep mode

Our development of the QUIC network layer continues, and with 4D 20 R4, we now have the sleep mode and the automatic update. Let's take a closer look ...

Nicolas Brachfogel

February 28, 2024 1 min read

Network QUIC

Non-blocking Printing

With 4D v20 R4, we significantly improved the management of print jobs inside 4D. 4D can now run multiple print jobs in parallel, significantly increa...

Nicolas Brachfogel

January 19, 2024 1 min read

Compatibility settings Printing

Auto-Generated SSL/TLS Certificates for Client-Server Communications

To simplify the security of client-server communications, from 4D v20 R4 onwards, 4D Server generates its own SSL/TLS certificates instead of relying ...

Nicolas Brachfogel

January 18, 2024 1 min read

SSL/TLS: Support for ECDSA certificates

4D uses SSL/TLS to secure client-server communication and HTTP requests. 4D is supporting RSA cryptography since more than a decade and with 4D v20R4 ...

Nicolas Brachfogel

January 16, 2024 1 min read

4D server Client/Server ECDSA

ORDA: Assigning a path to a blob or picture attribute

Non-ORDA database commands allowed you to put images and blobs outside your data file thanks to the SET EXTERNAL DATA PATH command. This command is no...

Nicolas Brachfogel

January 8, 2024 1 min read

ORDA

Deprecation of PHP Commands & Removal of 4D Built-in PHP Interpreter

PHP has played a crucial role in web development, and it was introduced into 4D v12 to offer features not readily available in the native language, su...

Nicolas Brachfogel

October 19, 2023 1 min read

Compatibility settings PHP Programming

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