Web Tooling for RPG and COBOL programmers
George Farr
Web Tooling for RPG and COBOL programmers
WebSphere Development Studio
Client for iSeries contains awesome
tools for Web developers. These tools
are for both the Web expert and for
those new to Web development. Also
included are extensions to these
tools, specifically for you, the iSeries
developer. These tools enable you to
leverage your SDA skills to build Web
pages, and to write RPG or COBOL
business logic to drive those Web
pages. Come see the awesome tools
you have on your desktop, and how
to use them together with your
existing iSeries skills to quickly
extend existing RPG and COBOL
logic to Java and the Web.
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'.