Webfacing Your Existing RPG and COBOL applications
George Farr
Webfacing Your Existing RPG and COBOL applications
The WebFacing Tool is the very
popular and now mature IBM tool
for converting display file source into
Web page source, which together
with its runtime easily allows you to
create a Web application from an
existing green screen application.
There is no change needed to your
existing business logic, and no
programming needed on your part.
The tool is part of WebSphere
Development Studio Client, and the
runtime is free, but does require
WebSphere Application Server
Express. Come to this session and
see how very easy it is for you to
Web enable an existing application,
and even customize the results.
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'.