Re: JSON Programming within RPG

+1

If you need to communicate via a web service (either consumer or provider) and on top you know nothing about ILE (and service programs) then JSON is the least of your worries and shouldn't be on the top of your list but some places down the list. IMHO start with learning about ILE and service programs. The rest doesn't have to be difficult to implement because of all the programs/tools/service programs out there which can be used to achieve both (consume and/or provide a service).

Best regards

Mihael


On 01.03.19 16:12, John Yeung wrote:

On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 8:42 AM Debbie Panco <DPanco@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was assigned the task of researching what it would take to do this particularly using JSON. What
I am looking for at this point is not specifics. I am looking for learning materials. A good JSON
book that someone could recommend that I could use as a reference. Maybe some good
reference material of how JSon is used in an RPGLE program (an IBM reference manual maybe).

JSON is just a text-based data format, and a fairly simple one at
that. There isn't really a whole book's worth of knowledge to be had
on JSON itself. (Though, now that I Google a bit, I see that people
have written books on it anyway.) If you are not looking for specifics
at the moment, then you are not really looking for JSON reference
materials, because there isn't anything to it *except* for specifics.

Web applications are a relatively complex topic, with potentially lots
of layers to learn. JSON isn't at all central to the topic. It's like
asking about paint colors when you're trying to understand how cars
work.

I don't mean to be critical; I'm just trying to redirect your focus to
something more productive. I wouldn't worry about JSON right now.

John Y.