Enhancing the Debugging Experience
Debugging plays a vital role in any development process, and improving the debugger's functionality and usability can significantly enhance a develope...
January 22, 2025
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Syntax
Empower Your Development Process with your forms
During the development phase, early detection of syntax errors is important for producing quality code. Real-time code checking is a valuable aid to d...
January 20, 2025
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Enhancing Compilation with Direct Typing in 4D
With 4D 20 R7 you can say goodbye to "Compiler_" methods and embrace more freedom in how and where you declare your variables. Save time by staying fo...
November 6, 2024
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Customize Global Warnings Generation
Warnings are a valuable aid for alerting 4D developers to potential code mistakes. With the release of 4D 20 R6, it is now possible to globally define...
July 19, 2024
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Easy Reference Comparison of Objects & Collections
Objects have become an essential part of the 4D language and of Qodly. But when you declare a variable of this type, you define a reference. So, how ...
July 18, 2024
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Class property declarations and assignments on a single line
In 4D 20 R5, the streamlined property declaration now offers the convenience of initializing properties simultaneously with their declaration, a...
May 7, 2024
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Try-Catch Code Blocks Unveiled!
After implementing the throw() command and introducing the Try(Expression) keyword, we are excited to unveil the next evolution in 4D's error handling...
May 3, 2024
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Tailored Customization for Dates and Times
The manipulation of dates and times often requires specific formatting for various representations based on 4D's internal resources or operating syste...
January 24, 2024
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Streamlined Method Parameter Declarations
In the pursuit of efficient coding practices, 4D developers commonly configure compilation path settings to enhance syntax and typing checks, thereby ...
January 18, 2024
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A Fresh Approach to Writing Variadic Functions
Many of you are familiar with using methods or functions that can accept an unspecified number of parameters, often referred to as variadic functions....
October 23, 2023
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