In this issue...
- New Synergy Releases
- Tech Article: Adopting Agile Development for Managers
- Solution Spotlight: Visual Studio Development
- Tech Article: Get Good at Git
- Tech Tip
- And more
Announcing Two Important New Synergy Releases
The Feature Release
Our second feature release in the 12.4 series, Synergy/DE 12.4.1.1002, delivers important fixes to our OpenSSL support, enabling the use of OpenSSL 3.2 and the latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, bringing the 12.4 series to parity with the 12.3 LTS version. There are also fixes across the product set for issues impacting customers. Read more here.
The SDI Update
The newest update to Synergy DBL Integration for Visual Studio brings major enhancements, crucial bug fixes, performance gains, and compatibility with Visual Studio 2022 17.12 and 17.13. This update includes enhanced telemetry, generics and lambda performance boosts, compiler and language updates, user experience improvements, and more. Read more here.
TECH ARTICLE
The What, Why, and How of Adopting Agile Development for Managers
By Lauren Cunningham, IS Team Lead
Do you want to transform your team’s productivity? This article delves into the nitty-gritty of making an agile development process work for your team—where to start, how to maintain momentum, how to set realistic expectations, and more. Whether you’ve been at the agile process for a while or it’s just a gleam in your mind’s eye, this article provides solid, real-world processes that you can implement right now.
Solution Spotlight: Optimize Your Development with Visual Studio
Synergex is dedicated to continually enhancing the DBL developer experience in Visual Studio and ensuring seamless DBL integration with the latest Visual Studio versions. Our recent SDI release fully supports Visual Studio 2022 17.12 and 17.13.
Our recommended development environment, Visual Studio helps developers work more efficiently with faster compile/build times, IntelliSense code-editing features, and auto-formatting. Higher-quality code is made possible by a powerful debugger and strong source-control options. And moving to Visual Studio can also be a first step toward a DevOps workflow. Learn more on our Solutions page.
Read how Synergex customer Sheet Metal Connectors transitioned to Visual Studio in the case study HVAC Manufacturer Heats Up the Future of Its ERP System with Visual Studio and Modern DevOps. If you’re not yet using Visual Studio and want to give your developers the best tools, protect your code investment, and future-proof your business, contact Synergex today to get started!
TECH ARTICLE
A Guide to Get Good at Using Git
By Sunny Wong, Software Engineer
Learning Git can seem like a daunting task. Like, what do all these commands even mean? Why are my changes not saving correctly? This article aims to provide the basics of how Git works through a small example of creating a new repository on GitHub. I hope that by creating a new repository, you will gain new confidence in how to use Git and potentially how to use it more effectively.
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Tech Tip
Customizing Startup of Synergy Services on Newer Linux Systems that Use systemd
Times are changing, and migrating servers to better hardware can be exciting or a last-minute panic, depending on the current state of the old hardware. Of course, newer hardware needs newer software, and newer software means learning how to do things the “new” way. Many Linux distributions have moved from the way they start services (daemons) when a machine boots. They have standardized to using systemd to handle system initialization. This affects Synergy daemons that you want running on system start, like Synergy Licensing as well as xfServer/xfServerPlus. These daemons now need to be launched through systemd. But if you aren’t familiar with systemd, it can add more workload to a system migration. However, the basics for starting Synergy daemons as well as an explanation of what options you can use for systemd are provided in KnowledgeBase article 2522, along with sample scripts you can copy and paste to get you started.
Take a look. If you’re ever in a situation where you’re moving your application to a new Linux machine and need a way to launch Synergy daemons on start, you’ll be glad you read how to do it here!
Fun Fact
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Industry News & Articles
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- New Tech, New Problems: Why Application Development Needs a Big-Picture View
- The Alignment-to-Value Pipeline
- 6 Ways to Turn Your IT Help Desk Into a Strategic Asset
- Lessons and Surprises from a Kubernetes Migration
- Misinformation in the Age of AI: It’s in the Details (Like Extra Fingers)
- 4 Steps to Debunk the Change Resistance Myth
- Disaster Recovery Plan for DevOps