FASUG Application Development Day 2004

Track C Session 2

COBOL and RPG Tools
George Farr


COBOL and RPG Tools
Did you know that there are new tools for developing RPG, COBOL, CL and DDS code? These tools are a follow-on to the PDM, SEU, SDA, RLU and System Debugger tools, and developed by the same team in Toronto that brought you PDM and friends. These are the Remote System Explorer (RSE) tools, and they will definitely improve your productivity and your day. Imagine guaranteed clean compiles, cursorsensitive F1 access to reference manuals, and the ability to list the fields in an F-spec file. Do not just imagine, but actually come to this session and see what all PDM users already have unlimited licenses for.

George Farr   has a specialized honors degree in computer science from York University in Toronto. He joined the IBM Toronto Laboratory in May 1985 and worked with the RPG development team for seven years where he developed many functions in the compiler. After spending a year with the AS/400 languages architecture and planning team, he joined the visual development organization as the Compiler development team leader for the first release of VARPG. Later on he became the Visual RPG development manager. Currently he is the Technical manager for all of the RPG compilers on the AS/400, NT, and windows 95/98/2000. In addition, he is the technical development manager for a new generation of tooling based on the eclipse technology. He is a frequent award-winning speaker at COMMON, other conferences and user groups worldwide. He has published numerous articles on the subject of AS/400 languages and environments. He authored many books including 'ILE- A First Look', 'RPG IV By example' and most recently he co-authored, with Phil Coulthard the books: 'Java for RPG programmers', and 'Java for COBOL Programmers On OS/390 and OS/400'.


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