Re: Reverse Proxy for Node.JS on IBM i

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

+1 Nathan...the thing that has made a "pure" i solution so viable is 
that the web frontend of most apps is HTML5/CSS/JS because it is the 
best overall solution that meets the variety of devices that will need 
to display the web page.  A well designed, responsive web app will 
basically be HTML5/CSS/JS all of which is easily served by Apache on i.  
The business logic that manages the data should naturally reside on i 
(why have two tiers of business logic on two platforms?).  So that is 
where I end up scratching my head on ASP/i hybrid apps.  What does ASP 
bring to the party that can't be efficiently handled on i?

I work in a non-IBM i shop but the heavy lifting that ASP does is more 
closely aligned with the MSSQL DB than anything else. Otherwise I could 
move the Java/PHP code we have to i.  ASP has a place in a shop where MS 
has been the "legacy" app development provider but I have always 
struggled to understand why in an IBM i centric shop other web 
technologies displace what is already available on i.

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 12/27/2014 12:02 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
> Kelly,
>
> It is of course a viable alternative to distribute development and
> application workloads across both Microsoft and IBM i platforms but I also
> recommend against it. You under-utilize your IBM i environment. It increase
> the complexity and cost of your systems. Microsoft provides a platform for
> viruses and other malware. It compromises security. Performance and
> stability suffer.
>
> I promote IBM i on Power. It's sad to see application workloads move to
> Microsoft.
>
> With regards,
>
> Nathan.