Re: IBM i Development Tools to replace Synon

For the rapid and efficient development lifecycle of REST API's based on
ILE RPG, I would suggest checking out Remain Software's TDOMS products:

https://remainsoftware.com/

TDOMS not only is a RESTful API lifecycle management tool, it also is a
Change Management Control System on the IBM i. I recommend it.
Non-expensive, accessible and versatile tool.

JS


El mar, 10 oct 2023 a las 8:24, Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L (<
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) escribió:

Hi Joseph --

My thought is that the most rational pattern for webifying IBM i is the
following:

- Consider IBM i as a 24x7, lights-out database with an OpenAPI/Swagger
REST API.
- Author the REST services in RPG and serve them up using IBM i IWS, or
IElastic, or Midrange Dynamics, or whatever.
- Put your web application on a Linux VM in your data center.
- Authorization for the web application is application-based and not
based on IBM user profiles.
- The REST side of things has its own auth module that assigns roles to
the application users.\
- Users don't visit the IBM i itself anymore, only admins and
programmers.

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 7:49 AM Sizer, Joseph via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Our development team is currently using an older version of Synon CA2E

for

developing screens/applications. The new goal is to be more web facing
using a more modern toolset. While we have a few solutions in mind, we
want to reach out the Midrange community to get a feel for what others

were

using in this space.

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