RPG Meets the Web

Audience

This course is for experienced programmers and analysts who wish to upgrade their existing skills. The course is taught in an RPG environment, but what you will learn can be applied equally to COBOL or any High Level Language (HLL).

Prerequisites

Fluency in RPGIV programming is essential. A knowledge of the modern development environment (WDSC/RSE/Rdi) would be advantageous.

Duration

2 days. Hands on.

Course Objectives

This course is the fastest way to get your iSeries or i5 applications talking to the Web. You don't need Java, ASPs, JSPs or WebSphere. Everything you require already exists in RPG IV and the iSeries HTTP Server - the only other addition you need is the FREE CGIDEV2 tool. CGI programming allows the system to make your data available through RPG, COBOL or any HLL, for enquiry or update, on standard HTML web pages on the internet or intranet. It is the most useful and productive first step in bringing existing applications to the Web. At the end of the course you will be able to:

• Code RPGIV programs to write data to a Web page.
• Understand and write basic HTML.
• Understand the CGI APIs.
• Use the CGIDEV2 APIs to communicate with a web page.

Course Content

Introduction
iSeries HTTP Server
Basic HTML
The iSeries CGI Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Printing to the Web
Interacting with a Browser
HTML Forms
Coding External HTML with CGIDEV2, (a free tool from IBM)
Debugging
Workshops and Exercises