Give Visual Basic apps a new life in the cloud

Cloud Applications Digest A roundup of this week’s cloud applications and development content |April 17, 2017 FEATURED STORY Give Visual Basic apps a cloud afterlife with code conversion by Joel Shore, News Writer Visual Basic apps were never meant to run in the cloud, but with automated code conversion tools, their tried-and-true business logic can be refactored and reused. (SearchCloudApplications.com) Advertisement NEWS   AgWorks hires Mobilize.Net to retire old Visual Basic apps Legacy Visual Basic apps built for Windows desktops are in dire need of a reworking for the cloud and mobile age. Laborious manual code conversion is giving way to automation. (SearchCloudApplications.com)   Red Hat Summit 2017: Inside the latest with open source tech Red Hat Summit 2017 will be taking place in Boston on May 2 to 4. Get prepped for the Red Hat Summit 2017 with this coverage guide. (SearchSoftwareQuality.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Is fear driving the adoption of microservices and containers? Nobody questions the importance of microservices and containers, but is unfettered advocacy becoming problematic? (TheServerSide.com)   Why you should add local testing to your QA strategy The only way to really be sure your application works on the ground is to test it locally, which isn't easy. Here's how third-party crowdsourced testing companies can help. (SearchSoftwareQuality.com)   Best practices for implementing a mobile test strategy Expert George Lawton discusses the best ways to plan out a mobile test strategy that works for your business goals. (SearchMicroservices.com)   The Oracle platform as a service offers a range of cloud products With a number of cloud-based tools for mobile development, custom coding and collaboration, the Oracle platform as a service helps businesses modernize their applications. (SearchMicroservices.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Cloud Application Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2017 TechTarget. All rights reserved.