Re: IBM Rational Developer for i, V9.5.1 delivers new support for Apple Mac platform and other significant enhancements

Actually, doing an RPG syntax checker in Orion would mean using ESLint,
which is a supported plugin in VSCode**; so there could be a shared
resource.

**VSCode is developed with Electron/Node.js

I am on a Node.js project where the company put together their own ESLint
file to convey their coding guidelines in the VSCode editor. It's
fantastic because it tells me not only when I have incorrect language
syntax but also when I haven't followed the shop coding standards (i.e. if
I declare a Javascript function using an old fashion approach it will put a
squiggly red line under the code).

Imagine having this for RPG so all programmers are told, in real-time,
whether they're following shop coding standards. Very cool.

Concerning Orion, for me I am in "wait and see" mode. There's a handful of
"issues" with Orion that make it cumbersome (i.e. everything runs under
Apache profile QTMHHTTP instead of your own IBM i profile). And there's
one usability issue I have with how it does tabs for different source
members (one each, and it uses the browser's tabs vs. having tabs created
via HTML within a single browser tab).

Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i


On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rather than re-inventing the wheel Aaron wouldn’t it make more sense to
request that IBM port the syntax checker for RPG to Orion?


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Sep 6, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Does’t work for me Mike - I do way too much off line.

I don’t want to have a connection to be able to do anything.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

​Opinion: It would be great if somebody developed an Electron/Node.js app
for editing source on IBM i (both IFS and *SRCPF). This would/could give
the offline editing capabilities, yet have the code base shared with a

web

front-end. This is similar to what VSCode has, though I don't know if
their long-term direction is a web-based editor.

Aaron Bartell
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