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EGL Modernization and Migration
Eliminate the Risk of Running on Unsupported EGL Software
EGL Modernization Solution
Migrate, transform and modernize your mission-critical mainframe and web applications to a distributed and scaleable Web architecture and cloud platform using the most comprehensive modernization solution available in the marketplace today. Applications built in the legacy 4GL EGL platform can now be migrated wholesale or incrementally to your target architecture, programming language and platform of choice.
This modernization solution guarantees functional equivalence and eliminates end-user retraining. It dramatically reduces risk, cost and failure inherent in a rewrite. Gain a massive market advantage by rapidly migrating your mainframe green-screen or your web JSF applications into a single-page architecture (SPA) using industry-leading “reactive” JavaScript Web Frameworks such as Angular, React, Vue, JQuery or Dojo, powered by the industrial-strength Java EE or .NET application servers or open source, cross-platform Node.js back-ends.
EGL Modernization Options
Using our technology, we can approach the modernization in the way best suited for your future-state and business needs, whether you want to upgrade to the latest version of EGL technologies or move to alternative platforms:
- Report Framework Upgrade — Jasper Reports to BIRT Reports
- Web Upgrade — EGL/JSF to EGL/RUI
- Web Facelift — EGL/TUI to EGL/RUI
- Platform Transformation — EGL to JavaScript + Java/C#
EGL Modernization - Upgrades
Legacy Jasper Reports and Java Server Faces
With version 9.5 of RDB/EGL no longer supporting JSF and Jasper reports, users find themselves unable to upgrade to the latest version and take advantage of fixes and new features.
- Upgrade Jasper reports to Birt reports using Synchrony Systems solution that automatically transforms Jasper design files (.JRXML) into BIRT design files (.RPTDESIGN), and maps the lifecycle events from JasperReport handlers to BIRTHandlers.
- Upgrade from EGL/JSF to EGL/RUI using Synchrony Systems solution that automatically transforms JSP user interface definitions into declarative RichUI Handlers. Javascript widget library is used to retain original variable bindings to page presentation logic. Elimination of legacy server-side HTML page creation/update lifecycle results in a faster page-loading time and more responsive user interface interactions.
While presentation logic moves to Javascript (along modified custom Javascript), business logic and data access remain on the mid tier where existing Java is preserved where applicable and is accessed through a service interface.
EGL/TUI Modernization - Facelift Upgrades
Upgrade from legacy EGL/TUI terminal-based user interfaces into modern web-based UI using Synchrony’s facelift solution. User interface patterns are detected and mapped to modern browser widgets that utilize standard CSS for customizing the transformed interface to fit your brand or corporate standards.
See our 3270/5250 modernization solution page for more details.
Platform and Architecture Transformation
Take your application from EGL to modern languages and frameworks using Synchrony EGL migration solutions no matter which EGL user interface technology is being used. UI presentation elements and logic are transformed into Javascript using modern UI libraries, while business logic and data access are moved to the mid-tier behind generated service interfaces.
- Web Client Tier — thin-client (JavaScript); interactive, rich UI; REST API Calls
- Service Middle Tier — web application server; REST/web services; Java/C#/Node.js application logic
- Host Tier — continue with high performance, reliability, & security
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