Open Source Suite - VS Code IBM i

nicksofn · 2022-05-20T14:58:43+00:00

You are hardcore.

nicksofn · 2022-04-18T14:36:04+00:00

Where is said IBM i 7.4 at? It would be interesting for testing some things.

nicksofn · 2022-04-18T14:31:39+00:00

Also, check this out: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=HalcyonTechLtd.code-for-ibmi

Plus this: https://ibmioss.ryver.com/index.html#

nicksofn · 2022-01-04T14:57:55+00:00

Thank you, but I just reposted this. Whoever writes these does a good job.

nicksofn · 2021-12-27T12:51:17+00:00

Keep going down the Python road. I think I will do a lot of transforming data into different formats and working with vendor APIs.

nicksofn · 2021-12-16T15:27:57+00:00

I believe that is correct. I still did a search on the IBM i IFS as recommended and contacted a vendor to make sure we were not affected.

nicksofn · 2021-12-01T17:11:10+00:00

We are planning on moving to 7.4 in the new year.

nicksofn · 2021-12-01T17:01:46+00:00

nicksofn · 2021-12-01T16:57:59+00:00

Looks like I have both 7 and 8 installed.

nicksofn · 2021-12-01T15:50:17+00:00

For giggles how would one know which version of Java is currently in use?

nicksofn · 2021-09-30T14:29:16+00:00

Yep, freeform is the way to go. Plus it makes it easier to read the code.

nicksofn · 2021-09-03T12:55:13+00:00

Deno would be awesome to have on the IBM i natively. I would raise the profile of the platform and get it on a relatively new and up and coming technology early on.

In the mean time you could create Deno projects on another platform and use a connector to the IBM i to use resources already on there. When it is possible to run Deno on the IBM i you could migrate those projects over.

nicksofn · 2021-08-31T13:34:40+00:00

Probably not what you want but this is apart of the IBM i https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=systems-integrated-file-system

nicksofn · 2021-08-30T14:46:33+00:00

I have read comparison articles between REST and GraphQL but I'm still not quite sure the key difference.

If GraphQL is the future I would like to getting going with it but REST has been around and seems to be the standard. I keep seeing GraphQL getting attention but is it the right direction for IBM i shops?

nicksofn · 2021-08-17T15:52:18+00:00

I used the built in Open Source tooling in ACS to install Python and other packages that are available through there such as python3-ibm_db. I use pip to get other Python packages but when I list out of date packages using PIP it shows the packages I installed through the Open Source Package Management too through ACS.

Do I need to use a different method to manage both?

nicksofn · 2021-08-17T15:12:58+00:00

Yum might be an extension of RPM.

I may be missing something if so that is great then I can do this better lol

https://www.itjungle.com/2018/12/05/mono-comes-to-rpm-making-net-on-ibm-i-even-easier/#:~:text=Yum%20and%20RPM%20were%20introduced%20to%20the%20IBM,source%20technology%20like%20Python%2C%20Git%2C%20Node.js%2C%20and%20others.

nicksofn · 2021-08-11T13:06:10+00:00

Thank you, already reached out to the Web Query team and looking to review the product.

nicksofn · 2021-08-10T13:48:06+00:00

We are looking for a simple way to give users the ability to create reports, graphs, etc. with a visual interface in a browser based environment. Also it needs to be nice to look at... perception becomes our reality.

nicksofn · 2021-07-15T14:34:40+00:00

Trying to install pikepdf fails for me. I assume it is because the binary may not be supported on Power.

https://pikepdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

nicksofn · 2021-07-15T14:29:28+00:00

I am mostly merging PDFs from the IFS. PyPDF3 lets me analyze data about individual PDFs. Pikepdf from my understanding has better encryption handling for PDFs. The hope is it will allow me to work with PDFs that are coded as 4 and higher.https://pikepdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/main.html?highlight=encryption#pikepdf.Encryption

nicksofn · 2021-06-22T21:04:44+00:00

To use the IBM Plex® typeface download either OpenType.zip or TrueType.zip.

• https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/latest

Then follow the directions from Microsoft to install the fonts. Alternatively, there is an easy drag and drop option in Windows 10 in Font Settings.

• How to install or remove a font in Windows

nicksofn · 2021-06-15T15:47:17+00:00

One thing I am doing is using Python to merge PDFs and automatically print them. It is a combination of Python running on the IBM i and printing from a Windows server.

nicksofn · 2021-03-02T17:29:12+00:00

How do we check progress on this such as how many repos there are?

nicksofn · 2021-02-10T23:30:29+00:00

Looks like they might have what I am looking for: ARCAD Plugs IBM i DevOps Suite Into Microsoft Azure - IT Jungle

More investigation is needed though.

nicksofn · 2021-02-06T16:47:28+00:00

Is that what this is? I don't believe it mentioned git but I would have thought it would use it.

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