Re: Rise of Node

A complete RPG->Node migration? Wow!

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From: Aaron Bartell [mailto:aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 8:09 AM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Rise of Node

Is there really a case to be made for Node doing it all?

In my mind, yes.

But I wouldn't want to see a node application that does AR, Inventory,

etc... You'd go blind.

What parts would make you go blind?

I think it's worth looking at some Node.js apps(n1) to see how well they can be organized. Sure they won't be perfect, but having a long-term modernization strategy of keeping both RPG and Node.js (with equal parts in
both) is not a decision that saves time.

n1 - https://www.totaljs.com, https://github.com/totaljs




Aaron Bartell
IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month. litmis.com/spaces


On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 5:03 PM, Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 4:45 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I wonder the reason for the assertion that shops are "moving away"
from

ILE

languages, rather than integrating with ILE languages on IBM i?
Sure,

some

shops may be using scripting languages to generate formatted
responses

to

requests from browsers and web-service clients, but still
integrating

with

IBM i stored procedures, triggers, and user defined functions? And
using ILE languages for batch and background processes? A separation
of responsibilities? A shift in application architecture that includes both?

Is there really a case to be made for Node doing it all?

If there were, there wouldn't be so many things in the toolkit that
let you interact with data areas, queues, etc. And you could run it
on any platform you wanted and simply migrate off the IBM i. Maybe
that's the end goal? Who knows. But I wouldn't want to see a node application that does
AR, Inventory, etc... You'd go blind.

It has its uses, but while we RPGers are told "you use RPG as a
hammer, and see everything as a nail" I see the similaries on the other side of things.
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