Re: Web services primer -- WEB400

Do they get to choose what data format they'll use (soap, xml, json, etc?)
If so, the YAJL port would be sweet if it interfaced with ILE COBOL which
it most likely does... building JSON is a breeze.

The apache server already does all the job/thread control, no need to stack
things (although I do enjoy node.js.. just seems like they're just
rewriting everything that is already available.. thus a "stack"). I do so
enjoy node.js so far, though.

I think of node development as a "reverse onion". Instead of peeling back
layers, you add them as you go along in your development. Maybe one of
those balls that's made out of rubber bands... would be a better
explanation :) But it sure is fun!

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Tim Rowe <timmr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

WAS Express requires the IM installer to actually put updates into the
actual running server instances. For IWS and the IAS (liberty) servers
running on IBM i are all updated only though a simple PTF update. The
servers will need to be turned off when the PTF is applied.

Tim

Tim Rowe, timmr@xxxxxxxxxx
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM
i
IBM i Development Lab, Rochester, MN
(507) 253-6191 (Tie) 553-6191

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Subject: Re: [WEB400] Web services primer
Date: Tue, May 3, 2016 10:48 AM

Tim,

Quick question that I've never thought about since none of my
customers
currently use IWS outside of the automatic IBM supplied items. . We
know to
update the WAS Express 8.5 we run a program at the command line or in
the
*ADMIN server to apply the service pack after the PTFs are installed.

Does the IWS server get updated with just PTFs or is there an
additional
step there too?

--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

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Rowe
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Subject: Re: [WEB400] Web services primer

Correction time. WebSphere is not a thing of the past, and on IBM
i
it
is
included with your operating system license. Now, I would not
necessarily use full blown WebSphere when starting out with Web
Services.
There are many other options that the IBM i programmer will find
easier
to consume then doing the heavy lifting them selfs.

The Integrated Web Services (IWS) support is part of the IBM i OS,
supported on 7,1 and higher. Allows for SOAP or REST based web
services.
Web Site - [1][2]
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/iws/

Get the latest DG1 PTF Group and you have the most current support
(
on
any supported release) This support leveraged the Liberty web
container
along with JAx-WS and JAX-RS. The Web Admin GUI interface gives
the
IBM
i
programmer a super easy way to create and host their Web Services.

Thanks Tim

Tim Rowe, timmr@xxxxxxxxxx
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for
IBM i
IBM i Development Lab, Rochester, MN
(507) 253-6191 (Tie) 553-6191

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Date: Tue, May 3, 2016 9:38 AM

Jim,

Spend some time at Apache.org and take a good look at Tomcat or
go
look
at JBOSS both are free open source servers. WebSphere is
virtually
a
thing of the past. It makes no sense to spend the money on
WebSphere
today.

Bob C.

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> On May 3, 2016, at 6:12 AM, Jim Oberholtzer
<midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Folks:
>
>
>
> I have a customer that is about to take the plunge into web
services.
They
> first need to choose if they use WAS 8.5 Express, IWS or
TOMCAT.
Some
of
> the IBM i instances have the Zend server so they would use that
when
> available. Next they need a good primer about design and
implementation.
> I've found the basic web sites from IBM but I'm wondering if
the
group
has
> some suggestions on best practices and resources to use.
>
>
>
> The customer is at V7R1 now but will be at V7R2 very soon and
potentially
> V7R3 by end of year. Any comments on the IBM i environment as
it
relates to
> web services would be welcome as well.
>
>
>
> While I can build and deploy a simple web service, I am far
from
an
expert
> therefore my request to you.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jim Oberholtzer
>
> Agile Technology Architects
>
>
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