4D For Beginners

4D For Beginners

• Duration: 5 x 90 minutes
• Level: Beginnner
• Language: English

This training allows developers new to 4D to learn the fundamental concepts of the 4D language and database. Throughout the five sessions, participants will explore the classic 4D language and learn the latest techniques and best practices.

The gradual format of the training, with its five sessions, gives participants the time needed to practice the concepts presented.

Benefits

At the end of this session, you'll be able to:

• Use the fundamental concepts of 4D
• Develop a 4D application using best practices to ensure the most reliability and performance
• Create simple applications for professional or personal use
• Easily integrate a 4D development team, to maintain and add new features to an existing 4D business application

Who should purchase this session?

• Developers new to 4D wanting to accelerate their learning
• Developers working with older 4D versions looking to upgrade their knowledge and learn the current best practices
• Project managers wanting to know the fundamentals needed to properly manage a project based on 4D technology

What is covered in this session?

• Create a 4D database structure: tables and fields
• Import data via the 4D Wizard
• Manipulate data
• Work with forms
• Link tables
• Import data by programming
• Use context menus and other GUI elements
• Display records in a list box
• Use a widget for date entry
• Manage multi-page forms
• Add objects to a form
• Retrieve and store data from a project form
• Understand the concept of transactions
• Store objects and collections in a table
• Use recursive links
• Manipulate hierarchical lists
• Manage image fields
• Create an interface

Session materials

Shortly after you receive the order confirmation email, you will receive a second email with links that point to the following support materials:

• Video recordings of the five sessions
• Source code of the sample application - one version per session
• Training materials - one chapter per session