Profound.js. Future of open source development on IBM i. Alex Roytman Profound Logic

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1 Profound.js Future of open source development on IBM i Alex Roytman Profound Logic

2 What is Node.js? The most exciting technology ever to be brought over to IBM i Brings the platform forward in a way like nothing else ever did before Platform won t be viewed as legacy by anyone again In many shops, it s going to save IBM i

3 Addresses these concerns perfectly: Outdated green-screens Finding IBM i developers to work on your applications

4 Node.js Server-side JavaScript

5 JavaScript Simple, portable, powerful high level language It s everywhere So much open source, examples, education, tools for it Most popular language today Perfected for use by browsers first Millions of developers, transferrable skill JSON is inherent to JavaScript Interpreted and great for prototyping Stable, performant, great for production

6 Node.js widely used by Enterprise

7 And now on IBM i Runs in PASE like other open source technology on i But Node doesn t have to run in its own silo Can act like an ILE language (can run under same call stack and environment as RPG, COBOL, and CL)

8 How can Node act like an ILE language? Node.js was built to be extensible and adoptable Start out with a blank slate Bring in packages that extend Node.js

9 NPM Node Package Manager Node ships with Node Package Manager Uses a public registry of packages Packages often depend on each other Usage stats for each package gives it a social aspect

10 Some staggering NPM statistics Various packages: Web Services Capabilities PDF, Excel, Image generation and processing IoT, AI, BlueMix, Watson API, Cloud, Cognitive Encryption / Security JSON, XML processing, Web, Mobile Tools Integration: drivers and API to access data on any other system More than ½ million packages More than 2.5 billion downloads per week

11 How can Node act like an ILE language? NPM provides a package for everything What if there was a package that Made Node.js act like an ILE language Provided all capabilities of RPG Made learning curve for RPG developers a matter of hours / days

12 Profound.js Profound.js Framework Profound.js Connector Profound.js Converter JumpStart

13 Profound.js Framework Free NPM Package that gives Node.js RPG-like capabilities Top-down transactional business programming Support for all IBM i data types Various API to work with these IBM i data types Built-in support for Rich Display or HTML interfaces Visual Designer Tool for building interfaces

14 Profound.js Connector Very simple to use API for DB2 Access, Data Areas, and other system resources Record Level Access SQL Support for overrides, QTEMP, and other IBM i concepts Call any IBM i Program or Command directly Pass any IBM i parameters Works even with interactive 5250 commands and programs Be called by any IBM i Program directly as an ILE object Object Level authority and traditional IBM i security in place Receive any IBM i parameters Display HTML or Rich UI in the midst of 5250 or RPG OA program Call any System API like a simple JavaScript function Call any Service Program procedure

15 Profound.js Converter Extremely accurate Think of it as a more holistic version of free format RPG One to one relationship between RPG and Node.js Simplifies code (especially fixed format concepts) Modularizes your code automatically Finds and removes dead code Creates REST API out of any program Agile approach used Convert one or multiple programs at a time All dependencies still work

16 Transactional business programming

17 Transactional business programming

18 Defining variables or fields

19 Calling programs / commands

20 User Interface

21 User Interface - Subfiles

22 Databases Record Level Access

23 Databases Embedded SQL

24 Profound.js Demo

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