PUG France Conference 2025

We were part of the PUG France 2025 conference on 2nd & 3rd June 2025.

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Mike Fechner joined PUG France this year to share even more insights on OpenEdge Application Modernization!

Mike took a dive deep into the SmartComponent Library by Consultingwerk - a powerful full-stack framework that is transforming OpenEdge applications. This session provided you with in-depth knowledge on advanced capabilities such as exposing and consuming RESTful services, and tools for refactoring and enhancing your existing ABL applications. Whether you're modernizing legacy systems or embracing cutting-edge architectures, Mike provided practical strategies to help accelerate your OpenEdge modernization journey.

PUG France took place in Nantes!

More information to PUG France conference, please see Pug-France.

Mike Fechner

Lead Modernization Architect

Mike Fechner, Lead Modernization Architect at Consultingwerk, started working with Progress over 30 years ago. Since then, he has supported Progress Application Partners and end customers in adopting the latest OpenEdge and Progress features to enhance and extend existing applications.

With his strong framework design expertise, he has laid the foundation for the development of many successful OpenEdge applications.

Mike specializes in object-oriented programming in ABL, software architecture, GUI for .NET, web technologies, and a broad range of Progress products including OpenEdge, Telerik, and Corticon. He is deeply involved in software modernization projects on a daily basis and is a passionate modernization enthusiast.

He is a well-known and active member of the international OpenEdge community and a frequent presenter at conferences around the world. Mike serves as a board member of the German PUG as well as a board member of the PUG Challenge.

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