Integrating IBM i with REST services
Calling an external API from an RPG program needs no extra software and no rewrite: it can be done in SQL, in a few lines. The available routes, and when each one makes sense.
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Object security on IBM i
Many installations run on users who hold *ALLOBJ because "otherwise it does not work". How you end up there, and how to get out without stopping anybody's work.
Setting up IBM i Access Client Solutions
Installing and setting up ACS from scratch on Windows, macOS and Linux. Which Java it needs, what the installer asks, the first system, the 5250 session.
Programming on IBM i: sources, ILE, RPG and SQL
How software is written, compiled and maintained on IBM i: sources, ILE, RPG, CL, DDS and SQL, debugging and modernisation, with IBM sources.
Administering an IBM i: how the system works
How an IBM i is put together and why: objects, libraries, jobs, subsystems, security, spool, backups. For anyone handed the machine without having seen one.