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VS Code Provides Another Coding Option for IBM i

December 9, 2020 Alex Woodie

IBM i shops that are looking for an alternative to IBM’s Rational Developer for IBM i (RDi) may want to check out a lightweight code editor from Microsoft called Visual Studio Code (VS Code). Thanks to extensions for IBM i languages developed by the opensource community, VS Code can support native development in RPG, CL, and SQL.

First released by Microsoft in 2015, VS Code provides a basic environment for writing and editing code. It features debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, and code refactoring, as well as embedded Git. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac, and while …
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New Release Of ACS Now Available

December 9, 2020 Alex Woodie

IBM delivered a new release of Access Client Solutions (ACS) last week, right on schedule. With ACS version 1.1.8.6, users will find a host of new features designed to accelerate their productivity across a range of uses.

ACS is the Java-based utility that has become one of the most used (and useful) ways that administrators, programmers, and engineers can interact with the IBM i server. The software, which is free to IBM i customers on maintenance, features a 5250 emulator, 5250 printer emulation, data transfer capabilities, IFS file viewing, spool file management, and a virtual console for LAN and HMC …
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COMMON Launches Focus, A Live Educational Series

December 9, 2020 Alex Woodie

COMMON yesterday kicked off the latest virtual event during this social distanced year of COVID-19. Focus is a series of half-day workshops on IBM i topics that is taking place through December 17. It’s a live event, which is good, but best of all, it’s free — as long as you are a current COMMON member.

Focus consists of 18 half-day sessions across eight topic areas that are taking place this week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and the same days next week. The sessions, which kick off each day at 1 p.m. CT, are presented live by real live IBM …
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Four Hundred Monitor, December 9

December 9, 2020 Jenny Thomas

It’s funny how as you get older, longer periods of time seem to sound shorter. When you’re a kid, a year sounds like forever. But before you know it, you’re 49 wondering how you got there so fast. IBM has just announced its plans for the IBM i for the next 12 years. That’s more than a decade away, which makes it seem longer, but I think to many of us 12 years sounds like it’s just around the corner. Before you decide, check out our top story this week from IT Jungle’s editor in chief, who dissects the announcement. …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 49

December 9, 2020 Doug Bidwell

Heads up, people. There are new defectives this week for IBM i 7.2, IBM i 7.3, and IBM i 7.4. Also, there is an update to Rational Developer for i, Version 9.6.0.9.

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
- MGTools
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
- MGTools
PTF Groups 7.2:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
- MGTools
PTF Groups 7.1:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
New (or Updated) Links for this week: Nothing. Sorry! I concentrated on Thanksgiving this week.

Tips/Definitions: Please, be safe! Mask, distance, and wash your hands –can’t …
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VS Code Provides Another Coding Option for IBM i

New Release Of ACS Now Available

COMMON Launches Focus, A Live Educational Series

Four Hundred Monitor, December 9

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 49

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