Simplified navigation between development windows
When writing a new function or method, or when creating a form, the work is never linear. We usually need to: access the explorer to find the form...
October 6, 2021
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Development Mode
Organize project mode development, manage Git workflows, handle concurrent work on 4D Server, control catalog changes, and maintain clean version control practices across environments.
An introductory guide to 4D and Version Control Systems
For many years, 4D has allowed you to develop binary databases as part of a team with a 4D Server. This way of developing is straightforward, but many...
October 1, 2021
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How to take advantage of GitHub actions with 4D
Your project is now on a source control system. This means that managing several versions of your software, monitoring changes, and integrating correc...
September 15, 2021
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Invisible Characters on Stage!
Best practices in IT sometimes change, and the management of certain invisible characters in text files is one example. End of Line (EOL) characters h...
July 20, 2021
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gitignore and 4D: a useful feature for Git users
Project mode allows you to easily track changes with Git, the most popular version control system. But often, you don’t want to track all the files of...
July 20, 2021
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More enhancements to the 4D debugger!
4D v18 R6 comes with new features in the code editor to make things easier for you when writing code. The same goes for the debugger. We know debuggi...
January 27, 2021
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Remote debugger: Debug server code on the client
There are many different client/server development scenarios, but in all of them, you need to switch between the client-side and the server-side to lo...
October 26, 2020
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Server code development in project applications
Developing and debugging server code in project applications has become easier than ever in 4D v18 R4. Without further ado, let’s take a look at how t...
July 24, 2020
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Project Databases: Build your own documentation for components
In a previous blog post, we showed you that documentation for methods has returned in the Explorer. Want to take things even further and use them as d...
June 15, 2020
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Project Databases: Method documentation is back
When developing an application, it can be very useful to have quick access to the details of a method (e.g., an explanation of what it does, its synta...
June 1, 2020
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