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Meeting Rescheduled!

Posted on July 28, 2026 by 4DMethod

The user group meeting scheduled for July 29 has been rescheduled to August 26. Using AI and 4D Qodly Pro to Modernize 4D Desktop Applications – Ayoub Metwalli Sorry for the late notice!

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Using AI and 4D Qodly Pro to Modernize 4D Desktop Applications – Ayoub Metwalli

Posted on July 22, 2026 by 4DMethod

Rescheduled!! Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) Download .ics Special Topic:Using AI and 4D Qodly Pro to Modernize 4D Desktop Applications – Ayoub Metwalli Finding the perfect component that satisfies a project requirement and/or provides modern interface capabilities … Continue reading →

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Taking AI Kit off the Grid – How to build your own private semantic search engine – Keisuke Miyako

Posted on June 4, 2026 by 4DMethod

Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) Download .ics Special Topic:Taking AI Kit off the Grid – How to build your own private semantic search engine – Keisuke Miyako “How does your application use AI?” Heard that question recently? I … Continue reading →

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Cool Stuff You Can Do With 4D Write Pro – Pat Bensky

Posted on April 15, 2026 by 4DMethod

Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) Download .ics Special Topic:Cool Stuff You Can Do With 4D Write Pro – Pat Bensky In this meeting, we welcome back the coolest cat in the 4D community… a cat named Pat. Pat … Continue reading →

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BWEB + AI: Rapid development of web applications with 4D – Jean-Michel Biraghi

Posted on February 18, 2026 by 4DMethod

Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00) Download .ics Special Topic:BWEB + AI: Rapid development of web applications with 4D – Jean-Michel Biraghi How can you create a dynamic, modern, responsive, high-performance, secure, and maintainable web portal in 2026 without … Continue reading →

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Advanced Application Signing – Milan Adamov

Posted on January 9, 2026 by 4DMethod

Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00) Download .ics Special Topic:Advanced Application Signing – Milan Adamov As developers of applications that run on Macs and Windows machines, we have to play by the rules of each of the platforms. … Continue reading →

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4D AI Platform – the Future Is Now – Ricardo Mello and Mathieu Ferry

Posted on October 28, 2025 by 4DMethod

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 12:00 noon, CST (UTC−6:00) Download .ics Special Topic:4D AI Platform – the Future Is Now – Ricardo Mello and Mathieu Ferry 4D has been valued as a Rapid Application Development tool since back in the 80s … Continue reading →

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Cron – It’s about time! – Koichi Harada

Posted on September 8, 2025 by 4DMethod

Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) Download .ics Special Topic:Cron – It’s about time! – Koichi Harada 4D apps are running 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week all over the world, and often they need to execute … Continue reading →

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List As Objects – Bruno Raeymaekers

Posted on June 11, 2025 by 4DMethod

Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) Download .ics Special Topic:List As Objects – Bruno Raeymaekers The ability to use lists is an important tool in the hand of every software developer. In it’s purest form, the concept of … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Documentation Made Easy – Jim Kerver

Posted on April 24, 2025 by 4DMethod

Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 12:00 noon, CDT (UTC−5:00) Download .ics Special Topic:Beautiful Documentation Made Easy – Jim Kerver Inspired by the 4D Method presentation Building developer.4d.com, let’s dive deeper into Docusaurus and how to set up a documentation website for yourself. Documentation … Continue reading →

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