Migrating applications is a must for businesses and that staying long under the same technology causes:

- Application obsolescence

- Risk maintain operation and especially

- Losing the benefits of new technology tools. 

WEB SYSTEM MIGRATION DEVELOPED IN GENEXUS 8 TO GENEXUS X EV1: A GROWING NEED.

The constant advancement of technology in the workplace, survival is a challenge for businesses and especially for those who are dedicated to software development as it becomes essential virtue of being at the forefront when it comes to tools refers development. This technological change is forcing companies to consider adapting to new trends or linger on the market, which affects:

• Quality, precision, productivity and above all in capital.
• This adaptation is not necessarily to be understood as to leave behind and forget what came before because in the case of software development, there are many applications of value they deserve to make that leap into modernity.
• Additionally, the upgrade versions of applications can be put at high risk of information systems companies because:
  • Going forward the market new versions or technological tools, left for a short period of time to give the support to versions that accumulate several years on the market.
  • The systems development professionals, are in accordance with new tools and only those who have experience with previous versions, get to deal with a system migration and only systems they know and have supported the original versions in case of any contingency.
  • They crawl in a migration other concepts such as the version of the database and some other components that supports an information system.

GeneXus - A good alternative

GeneXus, as a leading tool in software development, has captured the wealth of new technologies and trends, giving efficiency and added value to the quality of developments.

When migrating systems past versions, to the current version of GeneXus, gives the ability to the system and the company, to grow, update and enhance these applications. Incorporating properties not only enhance the aesthetics of the application, but also gain in quality stability and accuracy. This is perceived by the client automatically when you receive a new version of its system with modern displays, better utilities, stability and speed.

The complexity of the conversion, obviously varies how robust the system is, which is not detrimental, since the result is totally fresh, innovative and above all updated, using new tools incorporating Ev1 X version.

Systems in which it interacts transparently for the developer, technologies like Ajax, less use of embedded code generated programming language, less JavaScript, use of user controls that facilitate the operation of the system in several ways.

When migrating applications, will have more available GeneXus objects that will be summarized in the old programming significantly employed even contemplate the reverse engineer, either from the database to the same programming.

What else is encouraged to migrate my system version?

The answer to this question is simple and widely enriching for the information system; since to evolve the application, you can make use of GeneXus tools that work together, such as:

• GXPortal: Web application integration, incorporating the latest technology to create effective websites and user friendly.

• GXServer: Administrator Knowledgebase for large developments, and even to expand the system in question.

• GXFlow: Allowing define the flow of new processes to the system or to redefine existing.

Among other tools, belonging to GeneXus X Suite EV1.

The range of possibilities for growth, both for the system and the company is large, since the growing market demand for robust applications and agile turn. These characteristics are obtained with the new version of GeneXus.

By migrating to the new version, we open the doors to the company to the growing market demand, where the development time and cost are critical.

The company DSP with over 10 years experience in the development of systems with different versions of GeneXus, has within its expertis, migration of various information systems in operation from version 8 to X Ev 1 version, with very favorable results, both for the company and for users migrated systems, giving a bonus to applications and providing greater efficiency and agility in their processes.

Inviting you to continue the theme of GeneXus, the following is the recommended reading Migrating Web Systems