FASUG Application Development Day 2004

Track C Session 4

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'.


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