How to do your first Wakanda 4D integration – Joshua Capy

Posted on May 29, 2013 by 4DMethod

Our next meeting is Tuesday, June 11, 2013, and this time we will be focusing on Wakanda.  Our guest speaker is:

Joshua Capy
Director of Knowledge Management at Clearspire
President, eCohere

Presenting:  How to do your first Wakanda <-> 4D integration
When:  June 11, 2013
Where:  The Art Institute of Chicago, IS Department, 116 S. Michigan Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Time:  6PM to 7:30PM CST

This is a pretty interesting topic for any veteran 4D developer.  We have all seen the considerable progress that 4D has been making in building Wakanda, however how does one connect a legacy 4D database with a Wakanda server?  Josh will walk us through his recent experience doing so for a client and give us some pro tips for Wakanda development.

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Lightning – Graham Langley

Posted on March 25, 2013 by 4DMethod
Our next meeting is this Wednesday, March 27 at Noon (CDT). The main topic is a Lightning demo with Graham Langley.
If you are attending remotely, please use the following  link:

www.anymeeting.com/MidwestUserGroup1

AnyMeeting seems to work better if you call into the meeting for audio instead of using the web connection.  Feel free to connect video as well!
Thanks and hope you will attend on Wednesday!
Brent
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March 27 Meeting poll…

Posted on March 11, 2013 by 4DMethod

Hi MUG members,

We are planning to have Graham Langley do a demo of his Lightning product. Instead of our regular 6PM meeting time we are planning to do a March 27, Noon (CDT) meeting due to the time difference (Graham is in England).  As always, we’ll make the meeting available over the internet.

Mark you calendar and give us some feedback on whether or not this time works for you.

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JSON component – Rick Hazey

Posted on November 1, 2012 by 4DMethod

Ready, Set, Go!   Again!

Our second meeting is set, and we hope you can attend!  We invite all 4D and Wakanda developers, users, and interested parties to come and join us, either in person or virtually.

Date and Location:
Nov. 14th, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The Art Institute of Chicago, IS Department
116 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd floor
Chicago, IL 60603

Pizza and drinks will be available (Sorry!  Food and drink not available for virtual attendees!).

Agenda:

  1. Welcome: Attendees and introduce guest speaker(s);
  2. MUG Agenda Overview
  3. 4D and Wakanda Announcements
    (New availabilities from 4D, e.g., Tech Notes, betas, releases, etc.)
  4. 2012 Summit Highlights Recap
  5. Announce next summit dates/ location
  6. Guest Presentation by Rick Hazey on his JSON component
  7. JSON Q & A
  8. 4D Tech Support Q & A (Josh Fletcher)

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Next stop, San José

Posted on September 21, 2012 by 4DMethod

We had a great first meeting this week!  We fired up the web cams, ordered some pizza, and settled in to see what the good folks over at 4D had to show us.  Specifically, Josh Fletcher presented an overview of some of the new features in 4D v13, and Tom Miller gave an interesting talk about Wakanda‘s functionality and placement in the industry.

It was pretty cool be able to have such a direct conversation with some of the top technical staff and decision makers at 4D.  And I was very encouraged by their evident support of our group and their excitement for its potential in serving our community.

I know some of us are looking forward to meeting up at the 4D Summit in San José, CA on October 24th.  We are thinking about having our next meeting sometime in November to recap some of the summit news.  Again we will be streaming it live online, but next time we might give Google Hangouts a try.  Check it out and let us know if you think it would work well for our purposes.

Thanks again to everyone who was able to attend the meeting in person and online.  Be sure to check out our Topics page to vote for what to discuss in future meetings!

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First Meeting

Posted on August 23, 2012 by 4DMethod

Our first meeting is set, and we hope you can go! We invite all 4D and Wakanda developers, users, and interested parties to come and join us:

Date and Location:
Sep. 18th, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
116 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd floor
Chicago, IL

Agenda:

  • Welcome – Brent  Raymond and Norman Kinsey.
  • Group Discussion.
  • then…

Guest speakers from 4D:

  • Tom Miller, 4D, Inc. General Manager – Introduction
  • Josh Fletcher, 4D, Inc. Technical Account Manager – What’s New With 4D
  • Juergen Fesslmeier, 4D, Inc Wakanda Product Manager – Introduction to Wakanda
  • Dave Robinson, 4D, Inc Technical Support Team Member – Q & A

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Topic suggestions?

Posted on July 5, 2012 by 4DMethod

Just started our User Group blog.  We are gearing up for the first meeting in Chicago!

If you have some suggestions for topics or ideas for demos that we can include in user group meetings, please leave a comment below…

We hope to see you soon!

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