Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in the OERA

Moving from procedural programming to object-oriented is not easy. A common pitfall is to use programming paradigms inside classes and therefore missing the chance to create better structured and more maintainable code. In this course, you will be introduced to numerous design patterns. Most importantly, however, you will be extensively developing OOABL code to get a much better understanding of the power of this methodology.

The training includes exercises using OpenEdge Collections, the most efficient and OO-alike way to store and access objects. With OpenEdge 12 we got the introduction to generics, limited to Collections. OpenEdge 13 will bring us the possibility of custom generics. During the training the usage will be explained, and you will get a ‘sneak preview’ into its usage as an efficient way to implement the Factory Method pattern.

This course is compatible with Progress OpenEdge 12 ABL developers, with or without OOABL experience.