On November 6th and 7th, the German Adabas and Natural User Group met in Darmstadt at Software AG’s headquarter to learn about new features in the October 2018 release. Let’s find out more in episode seven of the Legacy Coder Podcast. German Adabas and Natural User Group Meeting in November 2019 in Darmstadt Overview of the conference Ca. 60 attend…

After you have automated the build process for your application based on Software AG’s Adabas and Natural it’s time to take the next step and also deploy the changes to production after each push to Git! I’ll tell you how in the sixth episode of the Legacy Coder Podcast. Recap: Automating your build process with Continuous Integration Listen to Epi…

This podcast is called “Legacy Coder” but what exactly is legacy code? I talk about my definition of the term in the fifth episode of the Legacy Coder Podcast. Legacy Code? What is Legacy Code? Definition by Michael Feathers: “Code without tests.” Code of a certain age. Brown field instead of green field. “Old” languages or platforms. Natural, COBO…

Let’s talk about what was presented and discussed at Software AG’s User Group Presidents Meeting and the German Natural User Group in Darmstadt in November 2017 in episode four of the Legacy Coder Podcast. User Group Presidents Meeting What’s the point of the meeting? Planning the International User Groups Conference (topics, date, venue etc.). Wha…

Why would anyone dismiss the good old Natural editor and switch over to NaturalONE? Let’s find out what features NaturalONE has to offer in the third episode of the Legacy Coder Podcast. Why should you switch over to NaturalONE? Increased developer productivity Use Copy and Paste (duh!) for high quality Natural programming Syntax Highlighting will …

How can you automate the build process for your application based on Software AG’s Adabas and Natural? I talk about our journey towards a completely automated build from scratch after each push to Git in the second episode of the Legacy Coder Podcast. How to automate the build process for an Adabas/Natural application Why would I want to automate t…

Unit testing with Software AG’s Natural – is that even possible? Let’s find out in the very first episode of the Legacy Coder Podcast. Unit testing Natural applications Why would I want to unit test my Natural code? You get instant feedback whether your code works. That’s fun! You get a safety net for refactoring and optimizing your Natural code. Y…

Who is this guy and what the heck does he know about Software AG’s Adabas and Natural? I’ll show you in the pre-episode zero of the Legacy Coder Podcast. Introduction to the podcast and myself My experience with Adabas and Natural. I’m programming with Natural since 2003. I’m the president of the International Natural User Group since 2016. I co-au…