{"id":74650,"date":"2024-06-09T11:33:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T09:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/?p=74650"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:34:05","slug":"arcad-breaks-up-monolithic-code-with-new-transformer-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/news-events\/arcad-press-articles\/arcad-breaks-up-monolithic-code-with-new-transformer-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"ARCAD Breaks Up Monolithic Code With New Transformer Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:45px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>There are many different aspects to application modernization: moving from 5250 greenscreens to Web interfaces, adopting the SQL database engine, and using DevOps techniques. Another part of modernization is breaking up monolithic codebases into smaller, more manageable chunks that can be more readily integrated using APIs and Web services, and that\u2019s the goal of a new version of its Transformer product line launched recently by ARCAD Software.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARCAD Software<\/a>\u00a0already offers several capabilities under its Transformer brand, including Transformer RPG for converting fixed-format RPG to free-format RPG; Transformer DB for converting DDS files to modern DDL tables; Transformer Field for expanding field sizes; and Transformer SYNON for moving away from the Synon CASE tool (now called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcom.com\/products\/software\/service-management\/2e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadcom 2E<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default 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