See what attendees had to say about the recent conference

Synergex’s 30th annual developer conference wrapped up on May 27th in Washington, D.C. It was another great conference, as indicated by the attendees’ enthusiastic survey responses. Over five action-packed days, conference attendees learned all about the latest features in Synergy/DE, including Synergy/DE 10.3.3, which debuted at the conference. Attendees were also the first to try out the long-awaited features of the new Resource Center Community, which was also introduced at the conference. Hands-on workshops and enlightening customer demos illustrated the new technologies, and the keynote sessions supplemented educational content with industry-relevant topics. “Attendees had numerous opportunities to network with Synergex staff and with other Synergy/DE developers from around the world. You can read the attendee testimonials on the conference web site.

Download Synergy/DE 10.3.3

On May 24, at the 2016 Synergy DevPartner Conference, we officially released Synergy/DE 10.3.3, which has many exciting features, including support for traditional Synergy projects in Visual Studio. This game-changing addition enables you to develop your traditional Synergy applications with the vast array of features and developer tools available with Visual Studio. Read more.

The new place to connect with Synergy developers and experts.

Have a business, technical, or general question that your Synergy peers may be able to assist you with? Have an idea for improving a Synergy product or service? The new Synergex Resource Center Community is now your go-to place. Officially launched and enthusiastically received at the Synergy DevPartner Conference on May 24, Community (which was previously known as Zone 2) offers resources to help you manage your products and interact with Synergex and other Synergy developers.

Community consists of several areas that offer resources to help you advance your applications.

If your company’s applications require PCI or HIPAA compliance, you should update to Synergy/DE 10.3.3 (or 10.3.1b on HP-UX). These versions include security enhancements that keep Synergy/DE current with industry security standards. In 10.3.1b, the default encryption protocols used by xfServer, xfServerPlus, xfNetLink, and the HTTP document transport API were changed to TLS1.0/TLS1.1/TLS1.2. In addition, as of 10.3.1b, Synergy/DE no longer supports SSLv3 and lower protocols, which are no longer considered secure. Read more.

Xamarin recently released Xamarin for Visual Studio 4.1. When you upgrade to this new release, be sure to also update to Synergy/DE 10.3.3 or the latest SDI developer build. Here’s a link to Xamarin’s release notes. Click here to go to our downloads page.

July 29 is the deadline for free upgrades to Windows 10. If you haven’t upgraded by that date, you will have to pay for the upgrade. For more information, including information on eligible editions, see Microsoft’s website (e.g., the Windows 10 FAQ  and Windows 10 Specifications).

Microsoft has flagged Windows 10 as a “recommended” update, meaning that while it is still a free upgrade (prior to July 29), it will be automatically downloaded and installed on non-enterprise versions of Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs that are set to automatically install recommended patches. (After July 29, the automatic downloads will cease, and the upgrade will need to be purchased.) Since Synergy/DE 10.3.1b is the minimum Synergy version supported on Windows 10, Synergy/DE users need to have this version installed in order to use Synergy/DE on Windows 10. Read more.

New features make it easier to move traditional code to Visual Studio
By Jeff Greene, Senior .NET Engineer

In the last issue of Synergy-e-News, we discussed how you can now use one IDE, Visual Studio, to develop both Synergy .NET and traditional Synergy applications. We also discussed how Synergy DBL Integration for Visual Studio (SDI) includes new templates that make it easy to create traditional Synergy projects from scratch. But how do you move existing Workbench projects and other traditional Synergy code into Visual Studio? Read more.

Interested in Synergy/DE’s new join feature? How about other 10.3.3 features such as inline lambdas or support for IPv6? You’ll now find information on these and other new features at docs.synergyde.com. Additionally, we’ve expanded WebDocs to include three more manuals: Repository User’s Guide, UI Toolkit Reference Manual, and Licensing Toolkit User’s Guide. Click here for the complete list.

Upcoming Language Essentials class July 18-22 in Gold River, CA

Language Essentials classes provide intensive training to help your development team get up to speed immediately on Synergy/DE technology. Classes include focused lectures with hands-on lab exercises to reinforce learning. A strong emphasis on real-world business programming fosters learning that is both practical and team oriented. Contact Synergex to register for this five-day course.

We will be closed on Monday, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day (U.S.). If you anticipate needing our services on this date, please contact us at synergy@synergex.com.