• The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
Menu
  • The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • IBM Adds ‘Rich UI’ Design Tool to Rational Business Developer

    December 16, 2008 Alex Woodie

    System i shops considering the move to EGL and more modern development techniques will be interested in learning about the enhancements that IBM has delivered with Rational Business Developer version 7.5.1, which became available two weeks ago. With this release, Big Blue delivered a new component called EGL Rich UI, which IBM claims takes much of the grunt work out of designing and creating Web 2.0-style user interfaces. It also added support for key Internet technologies, and bolstered its support for mainframe applications.

    Rational Business Developer is IBM’s primary offering for developing Web 2.0 applications that offer rich user experiences, and which often exist within the confines of a service oriented architecture (SOA). The product is a member of the Java-based Eclipse framework, and is the primary development tool for programming in Enterprise Generation Language (EGL), IBM’s new strategic fourth-generation language (4GL) that generates Java and COBOL. The software can be found in the most forward-looking System i shops, and will almost always be deployed alongside the more familiar Rational Developer for IBM i (RDi) development suite.

    With Rational Business Developer 7.5.1, IBM has included the new EGL Rich UI technology, which was previously an alphaWorks project. The EGL Rich UI editor helps organizations deliver Web 2.0 interfaces to their EGL-based server-side applications, but without requiring users to learn XML, JavaScript, AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and XML), REST, or HTML, or even to program with these technologies. Instead, it’s all generated by the Rational development tool.

    Included with the EGL Rich UI is an editor for creating the Web 2.0 interface. From within this editor, the developer has access to a range of screens that display the available “widgets” (pre-built Web 2.0 screen components). IBM includes a bunch of widgets with Rational Business Developer 7.5.1, including widgets for data tables, calendars, and basic data entry. It also supports third-party widget libraries, such as those from Dojo Dijit and Yahoo. There are also outline views and properties views for gaining a better understanding of the widgets, according to IBM.

    The EGL Rich UI enables some Web browser functions that you might take for granted, such as the forward and back key and the history function. Support for decimals and the publish/subscribe mechanisms are other new features with this release.

    On the Web services protocol front, support for the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Representational State Transfer (REST) protocols are key new features enabled with this release. Support for these sometimes competing standards is critical if developers want to build sophisticated and robust enterprise applications on the Web.

    Rational Business Developer’s support for the mainframe and mainframe applications has been improved considerably with this release. COBOL applications generated from EGL can now run within the z/VSE environment. Support for SQL stored procedures for EGL-generated COBOL will give developers more options for handling business logic. CICS transactions can be called from batch COBOL applications running under z/OS. Lastly, this release brings support for CICS channels and containers for COBOL and Java applications running on the mainframe.

    Rational Business Developer 7.5.1 became available December 2. Pricing starts at $3,000 per seat. For more information, visit IBM’s Rational Business Developer homepage.

    RELATED STORIES

    IBM Unveils Change Management Software for System i

    IBM Updates i Rational Tools, and HATS Too

    WDSC Is Out, Rational Developer for System i Is In



                         Post this story to del.icio.us
                   Post this story to Digg
        Post this story to Slashdot

    Share this:

    • Reddit
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Tags:

    Sponsored by
    OCEAN User Group

    OCEAN TechCon22 – July 21-23, 2022

    Three Days of Inspiration & Innovation!
    In-Person & Online

    Join your IBM i Community for hands-on learning from technical presentations and workshops, plus a Vendor Solutions Expo. Technically, We’re passionate about continuing education on the IBM Power Systems platform!

    Register Now!

    Share this:

    • Reddit
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Sponsored Links

    PowerTech:  Incorporating real-time security events from the System i into a security program
    Safedata:  FREE White Paper - IBM iSeries Recovery Options: An Executive Guide
    COMMON:  Join us at the 2009 annual meeting and expo, April 26-30, Reno, Nevada

    IT Jungle Store Top Book Picks

    Easy Steps to Internet Programming for AS/400, iSeries, and System i: List Price, $49.95
    Getting Started with PHP for i5/OS: List Price, $59.95
    The System i RPG & RPG IV Tutorial and Lab Exercises: List Price, $59.95
    The System i Pocket RPG & RPG IV Guide: List Price, $69.95
    The iSeries Pocket Database Guide: List Price, $59.00
    The iSeries Pocket Developers' Guide: List Price, $59.00
    The iSeries Pocket SQL Guide: List Price, $59.00
    The iSeries Pocket Query Guide: List Price, $49.00
    The iSeries Pocket WebFacing Primer: List Price, $39.00
    Migrating to WebSphere Express for iSeries: List Price, $49.00
    iSeries Express Web Implementer's Guide: List Price, $59.00
    Getting Started with WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries: List Price, $79.95
    Getting Started With WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries: List Price, $89.00
    Getting Started with WebSphere Express for iSeries: List Price, $49.00
    WebFacing Application Design and Development Guide: List Price, $55.00
    Can the AS/400 Survive IBM?: List Price, $49.00
    The All-Everything Machine: List Price, $29.95
    Chip Wars: List Price, $29.95

    Admin Alert: The Dangers of User Profiles with Privileges Two A-maze-ing Programs

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Volume 8, Number 45 -- December 16, 2008
THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY:

Bytware
Maximum Availability
Seagull Software
ARCAD Software
Twin Data

Table of Contents

  • IBM Adds ‘Rich UI’ Design Tool to Rational Business Developer
  • Original Bolsters Support for Java, Mainframe in Testing Tool
  • Development Horror Stories Surface as Aldon Unveils Turkey Award Winners
  • Tick, Tock: mrc Unveils ’24-Hour Challenge’
  • IBM Gives RPG Devotees Their Own Café
  • CA Enhances Web Services Interoperability in Plex 6.1
  • Security Outlook Poor as 2008 Winds to Close
  • Video Rental Chain Taps Inovis for VAN
  • ACOM Unveils Secure Laser Check Printer
  • IBM Seeks Organic Solution to Power Systems Challenge, Global Warming

Content archive

  • The Four Hundred
  • Four Hundred Stuff
  • Four Hundred Guru

Recent Posts

  • IBM Mulls Using DataMigrator as Cloud Warehouse Pipeline
  • PowerTech AV Automatically Detects Ransomware Activity
  • Infor Puts CM3 Project On Hold
  • Four Hundred Monitor, June 29
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 26
  • Guild Mortgage Takes The 20-Year Option For Modernization
  • IBM i Licensing, Part 3: Can The Hardware Bundle Be Cheaper Than A Smartphone?
  • Guru: The Finer Points of Exit Points
  • Big Blue Tweaks IBM i Pricing Ahead Of Subscription Model
  • We Still Want IBM i On The Impending Power E1050

Subscribe

To get news from IT Jungle sent to your inbox every week, subscribe to our newsletter.

Pages

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Contributors
  • Four Hundred Monitor
  • IBM i PTF Guide
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe

Search

Copyright © 2022 IT Jungle

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.