Re: Hosting a Large Number of Node Apps on the IBM i

No, EGL is not dead. Its a fully supported option and is still being
updated as needed. There are several pockets where EGL is used very
successfully. Its a great option for certain situations. But like many
thing,easy to over sell.

Tim


Tim Rowe, timmr@xxxxxxxxxx
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i
IBM i Development Lab, Rochester, MN
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From: Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [WEB400] Hosting a Large Number of Node Apps on the IBM i
Date: Fri, Oct 16, 2015 1:43 PM

Speaking of which, is EGL dead? Haven't heard anything about it in ever.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Buck,
>
> I'm with you. I know the web apps Aaron is talking about (They're
still
> running, BTW.. lol) but if I could go back to update them I would.
>
> It was before eRPG SDK, CGIDEV2, etc. I just wrote a bunch of
procedures
> to wrap the APIs and went to town. I built a huge customizable app
for it
> to (to show which data columns to show and in which order, that sort
of
> thing).
>
> They actually were done as a proof of concept that we could do better
than
> the PC guys using Cold fusion. That was a no contest once we got
above
> 1000 records in the DB... haha.. those poor CF servers just choked.
>
> I remember back then similar conversations with people pushing other
> technologies we no longer hear about (EGL, Java, JSPs, etc). RPG
has
> been the constant in these discussions over the past 15+ years. ;)
>
> We all have different paths we took that require different solutions.
>
> Brad
> www.bvstools.com
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> > On 10/16/2015 9:59 AM, Aaron Bartell wrote:
> > > It's not often a person gets a raw outside-looking-in opinion of
> > themselves
> > > so I suppose this is a great opportunity to lay out my decisions
over
> the
> > > past years. It's entirely possible my decisions are derived
foolishly,
> > so
> > > I thought I'd digress to maybe save others from hitting some of
the
> same
> > > pot holes I did.
> >
> > Thank you for sharing your timeline. I never deployed web apps for
a
> > business, but the general gist of advancing with the times, and
needs of
> > the business is very similar to my timeline. I'm not exactly
> > embarrassed at the stuff I wrote 20 years ago, but I'd hang my head
in
> > shame if I were to write the same sort of stuff today.
> >
> > --
> > --buck
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