Re: EGL in 15 Minutes

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Thank you.

Joe Pluta wrote:
> I just wanted to let everyone know that my article on EGL, "The Business of
> EGL", is available at the following URL:
>
> http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/i5/developer/18728p2.aspx
>
> In it I document, with screen shots, the 15 minutes I spent developing two
> complete applications over System i data - one CRUD and one query (with
> business graphics) - using EGL.  I'm not trying to say these programs are
> production-ready applications, but they are complete, functioning skeletons
> that bring System i data to the web in literally minutes and can be used as
> a basis for RAD sessions with users, something we've been missing in the
> System i world.
>
> You might say that putting System i data in a browser makes EGL little more
> than a web application framework like so many others out there, and if this
> is as far as EGL went that would indeed be true.  The beauty of EGL as
> opposed to any other approach is that the next step, integrating with RPG
> business logic, is built into the system from the ground up.  Complex data
> objects can be passed between EGL and RPG with a single call instruction,
> making multi-tiered architectures almost trivial to implement.
>
> I've cross-posted this in three forums.  If you have questions about EGL and
> RPG interaction and the language in general (prerequisites and so on),
> Midrange-L is probably the best place to ask about it.
>
> If you want to know more specifically about the web UI capabilities, which
> for now are primarily limited to JSF but which will be greatly expanded in
> the next (and following) releases, I'd probably suggest WEB400-L.
>
> And finally, issues relating to packaging and integration with WDSC belong
> in WDSCI-L.
>
> Thanks, and Happy New Year!
>
> Joe
>
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