When developing a product application for a customer, it may be that different instances are going to use it. You can imagine that in some cases, specific customization is necessary, adjusted to their specific use case. For example, the application requires a different look-and-feel per country. Or some tweaks are…

Protecting your users against phishing and malware When developing applications we must be security aware and avoid the risk of creating security issues. Especially when sending messages to our users. In this article I’ll explain the common threats and a recommendation on how to avoid them. Pay attention that these are just a few of the security…

When fitting OutSystems in your Enterprise Architecture you’re confronted with the challenge on how to integrate your enterprise data with your OutSystems Application. As described in the Architecture Patterns in OutSystems online training, an Entity from an external system is called an External Core Entity and we can use the…

When creating an OutSystems Mobile or Web application, just ‘making the code work’ is not good enough. The application must be build for endurance and maintainability. This article describes the methods and tools that we can use to ensure that we build robust, performant and maintainable applications. Documenting for maintainability

A quick guideline on referencing web screens in accordance with the 4 layer canvas. Introduction If you want to connect to a screen from another eSpace you may not make the screen public and create a reference to it. Doing so would be a violation of the No side references among…

How to create a loosely coupled architecture in a complex environment Introduction When involved in a large OutSystems project to replace a custom build ERP like system with hundreds (300+) eSpaces and many extensions to integrate with hundreds of tables, you must organise your architecture in such a way that the…