Integrate 4D Components Directly from GitHub
Many 4D developers leverage the power of third-party components found on GitHub, particularly those listed in the 4d-component topic. 4D 20 R6 introdu...
July 22, 2024
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Source control
How to Implement Continuous Integration with 4D: A Step-by-Step Guide
In the world of software development, a new concept has appeared in recent years called "Continuous Integration." The definition we see or hear everyw...
March 21, 2024
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Saving project source code without tokens
Commands, constants, tables and fields are stored with their tokens in the project source code files (4dm files). This allows 4D to rename them automa...
January 17, 2022
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XML invisible characters on stage!
Default End Of Line character and Byte Order Mark usage in text files have been modified in 4D v19 R2. With 4D v19 R3, 4D extends this behavior to XML...
October 11, 2021
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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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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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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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News flash: 4D components available on GitHub!
In 2017, 4D initiated a new program to share the source code of 4D internal components to 4D Partners. Sharing the source code of 4D components lets ...
April 16, 2020
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Project databases: Git. Commit. Pull. Push & more
In a previous blog post, we introduced you to Git (a version control system) and Github (a cloud-based hosting service) and how you can share your 4D ...
March 10, 2020
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Project databases: Improved views in the form editor
The Form Editor allows you to create, modify, and customize your forms. Several tools are available to make your work easier, one of which is the View...
February 6, 2020
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