ORDA – REST request optimization step by step (+ A demo)
ORDA/REST performance is a strategic matter; that's why we shipped many features related to this topic, such as the ORDA/REST request optimization in ...
May 11, 2022
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4D Tutorials
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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4D REST API + ReactJS
by Mourad Aouinat, Software Engineer at 4D Morocco In a previous blog post, we saw how easy setting up a REST API using 4D. In this blog post, we...
September 13, 2021
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Apply naming conventions with Form macros
by guest author Michael Höhne, 4D developer (Munich, Germany) There's a feature in 4D v18 R5 that may have been overlooked, or at least ...
February 18, 2021
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6 practical examples on how to use macros
4D 18 R5 introduced form macros. They can be incredibly useful, for example, by providing an ideal way to save time on repetitive tasks. In this blog ...
November 20, 2020
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Tableau and 4D: Deploy your WDC to Github Pages
In the How to connect Tableau with 4D blog post, you learned how to create a web data connector (WDC) to request data from 4D and visualize it in Tab...
September 23, 2020
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How to connect Tableau with 4D
In 4D Webinar – How to Connect Tableau with 4D, William Taylor (Technical Account Manager, 4D US) gave an overview of the Tableau tool and how it coul...
September 8, 2020
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How to create a simple “TimeStamp” class in 4D
by guest author Tiran Behrouz, 4D developer (Vancouver, Canada) The introduction of ORDA in 4D v17 was a game-changer. Now with the introduction...
August 20, 2020
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ORDA Classes to handle your data model
In a previous blog post, we introduced you to the world of ORDA data model classes. Now it's time to get our hands dirty and learn more! You already ...
July 20, 2020
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An intro to object-oriented programming in 4D: Classes
Many of you have have been asking to be able to define an object type ever since the Object type became available. Thanks to object notation, many of ...
May 4, 2020
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