I know open source .NET running in PASE is still highly speculative. However, given that my shop already uses .NET, I don't know if starting down the road of Node.JS is the right decision for us at this time. Node.JS is going to be a steep learning curve, and we don't currently have any in-house expertise to lean on while we learn. If .NET in PASE is going to become a reality in 2-3 years, then the best decision for our shop might be to wait until .NET becomes available in PASE.
In terms of web and mobile access to .NET programs running in PASE, I think I found what might become a solution. I found a page online that says:
"ASP.NET 5 will include a web server for Mac and Linux called kestrel built on libuv. It's similar to the one that comes with node, and you could front it with Nginx for production, for example." (
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnnouncingNET2015NETAsOpenSourceNETOnMacAndLinuxAndVisualStudioCommunity.aspx)
The link to get kestrel is here:
https://github.com/aspnet/KestrelHttpServer. Kestrel is currently a development web server. But it might serve as the basis of a production web server for .NET in PASE.
In terms of .NET programs in PASE using XMLSERVICE, Richard Schoen has also developed wrappers that allow .NET programs to use XMLSERVICE (
http://xmlservicei.codeplex.com/). However, these wrappers were not developed with the idea of .NET in PASE in mind. I would like to hear more about how these wrappers might work with .NET in PASE.
Thanks,
Kelly Cookson
IT Project Leader
Dot Foods, Inc.
1.217.773.4486 ext. 12676
kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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You may be over thinking this. IF .NET became available in a PASE environment, the work done to accomplish running in PASE should also fix the issue accessing it. What good is running a program if you did not also fix how it gets accessed?
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Just out of curiosity, suppose the open source .NET became available in the PASE environment. How would developers be able to leverage that for web and mobile development?
Would .NET programs running in PASE be able to access XMLSERVICE? Is that where Richard's .NET wrappers for XMLSERVICE would be useful?
How would .NET programs running in PASE be accessed by browsers? On Windows, the .NET programs would simply run inside the IIS web server. But I don't see the IIS web server being ported to IBM i. How would Apache or Zend or Node.JS web servers make .NET programs available to browsers and mobile apps?
If we could run open source .NET in PASE, with our .NET programs made available by a web server on the IBM i and able to access XMLSERVICE, then I would have to seriously consider recommending .NET rather than Node.JS to our shop. Of course, this is a big "if."
Finally,
Thanks,
Kelly Cookson
IT Project Leader
Dot Foods, Inc.
1.217.773.4486 ext. 12676
kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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