Re: IBM announces new language environment - Node.js for i

The really good news here is that these "additions" are enablers for other similar FOSS technologies. Node.js has been around on i since PowerRuby was implemented (Aaron can keep me honest on that). Ruby on i, which I have been doing for 6 years now, has pushed improvements in JVM, driven implementations in PASE, which has been complemented by PHP on i, and so on. These are complementary and additive in the sense that they make way for more improvements and better performance and provide components for future FOSS implementations.

The case for IBM i, or even broader, Power in general continues to improve. We *know* this stuff and as Aaron was saying, the ability to assimilate the knowledge is key. That is why IBM i is SUCH a great playground! You can do the traditional and the bleeding edge without leaving the platform.

Nice!

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 10/7/2014 8:19 AM, Nathan Andelin wrote:

Link to the announcement:

http://ibm.co/1EoKAcU

"Node.js is a platform built on Google Chrome JavaScript™ run time for
server-side and networking applications. It is enabled on IBM i and shipped
as part of the licensed program 5770-DG1. Besides the core functions of
node.js, IBM i node.js also offers extensions to operate DB2 for i and gain
access to native IBM i objects such as programs, commands, data queues,
data areas, spool files, user spaces, jobs, system values, environment
values, and more."

Node.js is especially known for its support for I/O streaming, whether that
be the local file system, sockets, creating lightweight HTTP servers and
HTTP clients, encryption, zip and unzip, and other string handling.

How many language environments does that make?

1. ILE (RPG, Cobol, C, CL, REXX).
2. SQL & SQL DDL.
3. Java.
4. PHP.
5. Python.
6. Power Ruby and Rails.
7. Node.js