Re: Holding off recommending Node.JS for now

Kelly

Sorry to say, you COBOL programmers has been left out for years
since any new features and most Open Source tools for IBM I is RPGLE
oriented in the meaning that it comes with /copybook's and if in other
languages that RPGLE with RPGLE wrappers.

CGIDEV2 has a COBOL extension but outher tools from Easy/400 are
RPGLE, Apache POI (java) has a RPGLE wrapper, YAJL (Yet Another
JSON Library in C) has a RPG wrapper, HTTPAPI is in RPGLE, powerEXT
(my own Open Source) is in RPGLE. Then there is also all the web products
with a pricetag where some is bound to RPGOA.

Even if node.js became generally used on IBM I you would probably also
see a lot of examples and wrappers made in RPGLE and few made in COBOL.

Last but not least - there is a lot of free resources in various forums
like this
that supports RPGLE.

So if you have decided to wait on .NET or mature node.js on IBM I it would
be a good idea to take a look at RPGLE and if you don't already use it
inline SQL.



On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Sure, leave us COBOL developers out in the cold again. ;-)

Seriously, though, I really don't want to get a year into the node
learning curve only to learn IBM has ported ASP.NET 5 to the IBM i.

Thanks,

Kelly Cookson
IT Project Leader
Dot Foods, Inc.
1.217.773.4486 ext. 12676
kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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From: WEB400 [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bradley
Stone
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:50 PM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Holding off recommending Node.JS for now

.net in PASE running on an IBM i....

Maybe what we need is RPG in DOS running on a Chromebook! :)

Sorry, couldn't resist.


On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Sad to say, I agree with you. However, I'm cautiously optimistic that
IBM will port ASP.NET 5 to PASE.

First, if IBM supports ASP.NET 5 in its Bluemix cloud, it has a
greater opportunity to sell cloud services. This is already happening.
You can already develop ASP.NET 5 applications on IBM's Bluemix cloud
(

https://developer.ibm.com/bluemix/2015/05/18/getting-started-asp-net-5-bluemix/
).

This hopefully breaks any ice that might prevent IBM from porting
ASP.NET
5 to the IBM i.

Second, if IBM supports ASP.NET 5 in the IBM i PASE environment, it
would give IBM a greater opportunity to sell IBM i servers to .NET
shops. It may also maintain extisting IBM i shops. A number of shops
run both the IBM i and Windows servers. If ASP.NET 5 ran in PASE, then
growing commitment to .NET development would no longer mean switching

from IBM i to Windows.

These shops could view the IBM i as an integral part of the .NET
environment.

Thanks,

Kelly Cookson
IT Project Leader
Dot Foods, Inc.
1.217.773.4486 ext. 12676
kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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