Re: RPG, open source, and the web

Yes Joe,

it represenst month of work from one of the top nutch developers in EXT JS,
but it may also become a payable plugin in powerEXT with value added
IBM I server side examples - and one site support - and that is the main
idear in powerEXT - a global virtual resourcecenter for whatever you need -
without expensive glass facades, but with a common server side platform.

My goal for my AF has always been that any RPGLE programmer - without
extra knowledge should be able to put at least 90-95% of the application
into
the modern world - this goal is reached - I just have to handle the last
5-10%.

In my first case we used IceCap as an EXT JS 5250 emulator, but the 2011
goal is to establish partners that can A. program UI not covered by the
standard
(such as order entry etc. fo an efordable price) B. deliever outstanding
UI's as
plugins as part in apps in areas not weel known or seen in the IBM I
marketplace.

The latter is an example of that.

My bottom line is, that this can not be done without some collaboration in
one
way or the other -and here I find the modern front-end programmers just more
open
that old traditionally proprietary thinking IBM I programmes



On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

No, of course not, Henrik. That's the equivalent of a thick client, and
I don't have an application that needs anything like it. Which is good,
because I suspect that the UI on that page represents many man-months
(if not man-years) of total development.

No, I'm talking about the standard interface required for traditional
business applications ranging from simple maintenance to web commerce.
I can knock together solid rich UI clients (sortable tables,
maintainable grids and the like ) in a matter of days, or even hours. I
suspect that your example takes a little longer than that, and requires
quite a framework behind it. I can do mine using just the basic EGL
tooling.

I'm glad I don't have to write a web-based version of Microsoft Project!

Joe

Joe,

so in EGL you just creates UI's like this by snapping your finger ?

http://ext-scheduler.com/examples/advanced/advanced.html




On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Joe Pluta<joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

On 4/5/2011 2:51 PM, Henrik Rützou wrote:

The JSON data that populates the grid is here (only 25 rows)

go "commachasing ;-)

I'll take your word for it... thankfully, in EGL we don't worry about
that stuff. All I do is define the records and the widgets, and tie
them together using the field names in the EGL code. EGL does all the
work of transferring data between tiers. I never see a single line of
JSON or XML.

It's very much like using a display file as opposed to writing out the
5250 data stream by hand.

Joe
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