GeneXus 17 Upgrade 11

This article is an overview of GeneXus 17 Upgrade 11 features (compared to GeneXus 17 Upgrade 10) and what needs to be taken into account to adopt it.

Upgrade 11 was released on September 2nd, 2022.

Download

https://www.genexus.com/en/developers/downloadcenter?data=5959

Overview

This upgrade adds more encapsulation possibilities for UI modeling and improved user experience in Angular applications. For the backend, it includes a new build system in .NET that is integrated with Nuget and allows accelerated technology update cycles, a new DBMS for the Chinese market to comply with local regulations,  and APIs and other features that add flexibility for high-scalability and cloud scenarios. Test modeling has been empowered by organizing Tests so that they can be packaged and by adding a new object to model tests of some REST APIs.

UI Modeling

• Slots in Stencils

Backend

• New Methods for reading Environment Variables
• Java: Triggering AWS Lambda functions from Amazon SQS and Amazon EventBridge
• .NET Generator Standard Classes are now distributed as packages in public repositories. The specific version to be used can be customized.
  • Standard classes specific version property
  • Standard classes update policy property
• Data layer
  • Support for all 4 isolation levels
  • Java: Support for Dameng Database 

Angular

• Improvements & fixes in UI & performance
• HowTo: Deploy Frontend applications to Docker containers 

Testing

• Test objects are stored in a separate module in order to facilitate module packaging
• New Rest Test object allows you to test REST Procedures and Data Providers

Compatibility & Installation

• Minimum iOS Deployment Target property and tvOS Deployment Target property changed. Target iOS and tvOS versions need to be 12 or higher.

All Details (Features, more Compatibility aspects, Issues)

Please check these links for additional features, compatibility aspects, issues, and details:

GeneXus: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;4;V17;11;V17;10;
GeneXus Server: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;6;V17;11;V17;10;
GXflow: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;3;V17;11;V17;10;
GXtest: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;7;V17;11;V17;10;
GeneXus for SAP: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;8;V17;11;V17;10;