Re: VSCode and Bob

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could also try looking at all the sessions at the following and try to
use that for justification.
https://www.common.org/pu26-education/
That, and the expo is always a great place to learn.

On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM Shane Reeves via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Are there is any good resources to quickly go through setting up and using
> Bob to be functional for small shop?  I've gotten it installed and setup at
> a very basic level; but the functionality is so limited I'm still using
> RDi.  First, it seems to want me to create launch.json files just to debug
> a program?  And then for compiling; it seems I have to re-find my source in
> the Object Browser to 'Run Action' just to compile it?  I'm not finding a
> way to compile from the source that is currently open.
> And then for the BOB Ai itself, it seems to want to connect to a
> repository in order to look at my code as it says it doesn't have the
> capability to read what is on the IBMi (or even what is opened within the
> editor), it keeps wanting me to copy/paste my source in the chatbox since
> we don't use a repository.  But setting up a github for what we do is an
> overkill.
>
> Shane Reeves
>
>
>
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