(Target audience: OutSystems Development Community in general) Often in conversations with colleagues, who are starting their careers, I receive questions from those struggling to find an entry point and being able to participate in a real world OutSystems project. I wanted with this article, to share a few strategies, with…

# The Next-Generation Platform for an elite cloud software delivery # (Target audience: Business Directors, Program Managers, Architects) On November 2021, at the OutSystems annual event NextStep (a technology conference focused on business transformation and product innovation), a “Next-Generation Platform” was presented as “Codename: Project Neo”. Paulo Rosado (OutSystems CEO)…

In 2020, OutSystems has really topped the topic of integrations. They brought to us an Integration Builder component that promises to support our tasks and mission to deliver integrated applications fast. …

(Target audience: Managers and Development Community in general) OutSystems projects are (in a way) similar to other software projects, when viewed from the perspective of the team’s composition: it’s competences, size, and seniority. All of these factors influence a team’s performance. Motivation This topic is often a subject of interest for…

(Target audience: Developers, Architects, and Tech Leads) In our OutSystems applications architecture, naming conventions are a way to ensure consistency and maintainability of our code. Motivation This article presents an extended description of naming conventions for OutSystems modules [1]. …

Learing a new technology requires decisions over the long-run goals, and the understanding of any precedence order. This point is also applicable to Outsystems certification paths. “Which development path should I take, where the future growth possibility exist, and what precedence are there?” This question is asked by colleagues more…

As developers, much of our time is used to ensure having the right skills for our projects. According to projects needs and our growth potential, we add to our curriculum certain knowledge and competences. Online training materials, available by OutSystems, are a useful tool for this purpose. An amazing collection…

This article approaches a question that is asked frequently, and usually by new developers of the OutSystems community: “Is it better to use an Aggregate, or an Entity Get Action, in a query to the database, for a Single Result?” This topic is important, because a wrong implementation can originate…

Embracing a new reality The last weeks have brought to everyone of us, a different reality than what we were used to. Due to COVID-19 outbreak, people are being asked to work from home as much as possible, and organizations reducing the number of people in the same place. How do individuals and businesses…