http://www.oehive.org/taxonomy/term/914/0 oehive http://www.oehive.org/node/1913 <p>Abe Voelker drafted a beautiful write-up about how to switch away from OpenEdge.<br /> <a href="http://www.abevoelker.com/blog/2010/11/17/cure-for-the-plague-a-theoretical-progress-openedge-abl-migration-plan/">Cure for the Plague: A Theoretical Progress OpenEdge ABL Migration Plan</a></p> <p>He suggests to use JRuby (or maybe Groovy, or Java), because they are OS and data-store independent, modern (i.e. OO), allow easy CRUD data-access, and support Web application development.</p> <p>I admire his energy, the extended effort to research, and the kindness to share his insights with the world.</p> <p>I am a bit surprised, though, by his dislike of the ABL. I L-O-V-E it!</p> <br class="clear" /><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/node/667" class="og_links">ABL(4GL) General Programming Group</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.oehive.org/node/1913">read more</a></p> http://www.oehive.org/node/1913#comments ABL culture programming style switching away from progress ABL(4GL) General Programming Group Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:14:07 +0000 hutegger 1913 at http://www.oehive.org