Suren,
I am not going to offer a suggested tool, but rather a thought about whichever tool you choose - always remember this, each of the tools are just that, a "tool" that facilitates your transition and does so by using "their proprietary" developed methods. Meaning, if you choose one, and you start to use it, you will have to continue to pay a license for that product forever, read that again, forever. If you drop their license the .jar files or any other proprietary items cease to function. There is a lot to be said for writing it all yourself - convert yourself - where you own the code base, you own the ability to modify it anyway you choose, and you own the ability to pivot and change as you see fit. No restrictions of the tool, no limitations, no perpetual licensing, none of that.
Just a thought to consider before you "get in bed" with a tool and realize that you must continue to use it from this day forward (yes, it really is a marriage to that tool), versus the longer, costlier, harder road to travel to do the transition and coding yourself and never being restricted in the future. You built the RPG yourself why limit your future to the capacity and methodology of someone else's tool.
One man's two-cents worth.
Steve
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From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Suren K
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2024 19:47
To: RPG programming on IBM i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Tool to Modernize IBMi Screens into GUI
Hi All,
I’m looking for a tool to help modernize our IBMi application screens into a GUI. Our plan is to use AngularJS for the front end, and we need to convert all IBMi screen programs into APIs, which will be utilized for the GUI screens. The majority of the subfiles in the IBMi applications are single-page with data queue approach.
Additionally, the web services for these APIs can either be deployed on the IBMi (via IWS, HTTP Server with CGI, etc.) or on a separate Windows server (such as Java Web Services) — either approach will work for us.
If anyone has suggestions for the best tools available in the market to help convert the IBMi screen programs into APIs, I would appreciate your input.
Regards,
Suren
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