{"id":13165,"date":"2021-12-16T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=13165"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:59:49","slug":"how-to-modernize-a-legacy-application-in-5-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/how-to-modernize-a-legacy-application-in-5-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to modernize a legacy application in 5 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" src=\"https:\/\/d4ey5ve3eb27c.cloudfront.net\/img\/icons\/development.png\" alt=\"development\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/legacy-system-modernization-101\/\" class=\"internal-link\">Legacy modernization<\/a>. It&#8217;s such a daunting task. You must take your outdated (but functional) applications and turn them into modern web applications&#8230;without disrupting the business at all. <\/p>\n<p>On top of that, many legacy applications have been in use for decades. They&#8217;ve likely been maintained and altered by different employees over the years&#8230;each with their own way of doing things. The result: Legacy applications are often a jumbled mess of spaghetti code. <\/p>\n<p>Once you look at the challenges of modernization, it&#8217;s no wonder why so many organizations put it off. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The good news<\/strong>: There&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/solutions\/modernization.html\" class=\"internal-link\">an easy way to modernize<\/a>, using the &#8220;extend-and-surround&#8221; approach. This modernization method delivers a few huge advantages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s fast<\/strong>: You&#8217;ll have modern applications faster than you thought possible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It doesn&#8217;t touch the legacy applications<\/strong>: There&#8217;s no need to alter your existing applications, or even touch them at all. But, it still lets you include custom business logic from your legacy applications if needed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>There&#8217;s no business disruption<\/strong>: Because you&#8217;re not changing your legacy applications, you don&#8217;t need to worry about breaking anything or disrupting the business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You can use your existing skills<\/strong>: You don&#8217;t need to be a web developer to create modern versions of your legacy applications. You can use the skills you already have in-house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to see this modernization approach in action? We created a video that walks you through the modernization process for a simple legacy application. The best part: You&#8217;ll see the whole process in just 5 minutes! You can watch the video here: <\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to modernize a legacy application in 5 minutes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4nWr_c6nY90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Do you want to see a solution like this in your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/aw\/trial.html\"><strong>Setup an m-Power demo here.<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legacy modernization. It&#8217;s such a daunting task. 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