JDBC and Record Level Access with IBM AS/400 Toolbox for Java This fast-paced 20-hour training course, by Joe Pluta, takes you step-by-step through many labs which allow you to compare and contrast both JDBC and RLA. Using short, easy to understand labs, you'll create Java classes to read files sequentially and by key. You'll learn how to create complete CRUD classes (Create, Read, Update, Delete) using both RLA and JDBC. 
Note: This course uses VisualAge for Java version 3.5 or 4.0, provided with the IBM WebSphere Development Tools for iSeries. 
The course is an ideal follow-on to Practical Java Programming for WebSphere (see below). Some experience with Java is assumed. When should you use JDBC? When should you use RLA? With this training you'll always make the right choice to maximize Java Database performance and make your job easier. Media: Self-paced manual with source code CD. Estimated completion time: 20 hours.

JDBC and Record Level Access with IBM AS/400 Toolbox for Java

Computers & Technology

Pluta, Joe

Operating Systems

Rochester Initiative

This book is both a how-to manual and a comprehensive analysis of e-deployment, the innovative new strategy for putting your existing AS/400 legacy applications on the Web. The book itself is a fresh new style of writing, in keeping with the interactive nature of the Web itself: You can take a fast path through selected chapters and sections to quickly get an application on the Web, or you can take a leisurely, thorough look at the design of the software that enables this breakthrough technology, to more fully understand the process and give you a head start on developing your own e-deployment technologies. The CD-ROM that accompanies the book contains more than 10,000 lines of source code for all of the workstation, host, and middleware software required to use the e-deployment technology. All of the Java packages, including source and Java.doc (in browser-friendly HTML format) are included, along with thick- and thin-client example programs. The CD-ROM also includes an AS/400 support library, with full source, as well as the example programs used in the book. As an additional value, there is a Web site specifically for the buyers of this book. This dynamic Web site has tips and techniques, updates and enhancements to the software, and a forum for ongoing discussion of the redeployment process. So if you are an AS/400 application developer who wants to quickly and economically transform existing legacy programs from green-screens to either thick-client or browser-based distributed applications, with minimal disruption to users, this package of book plus software plus ongoing, interactive Web support will help you achieve a successful redeployment of your legacy systems. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to: Identify the benefits of application modernization to your business, assess the impact of and conflicts between the available application modernization technologies, understand the various network architectures, including client/server, SQL, ODBC, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), and browser-based solutions, understand the various browser-based solutions, including applets, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), servlets, and JavaServer Pages (JSPs). You will be able to plan a flexible, staged conversion of your systems from green-screens to the combination of user interfaces your business needs, transform an existing monolithic RPG program into a flexible application client, quickly build a display file proxy object, quickly design and deploy a green-screen user interface server; a thick-client user interface server, using the Java Swing, classes; or a browser-based user interface server, using servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs). It will also teach you how to use FTP and Windows Explorer as part of a distributed application development environment, install, test, and configure the Java Development Kit (JDK) and associated extensions, create and test a Swing application on the workstation, configure and run IBM's HTTP Server and IBM's WebSphere Application Server, and create and test a servlet and JavaServer Page (JSP) application on the AS/400. Audience: AS/400 application developers who want to make the move from green-screen to graphical user interfaces. Level: Intermediate, Operating System Level: V4R3 and above.

E-Deployment: The Fastest Path to the Web

Web Development & Design

Mc Press

Written for novice programmers who need to learn Eclipse, the new integrated, open-source development environment, this book covers three areas that are of crucial interest—Eclipse, IBM’s Software Widget Toolkit (the SWT), and JDBC. Questions such as how to use the new Eclipse Integrated Development Environment; how to create a complete functioning application with Eclipse; and where to get the software, how to install it, and how to configure it are answered. Options that programmers would use in a real production to be instantly productive in Eclipse and the steps needed to take to create a program or modifying an existing program are addressed.

Eclipse: Step-by-Step (Step-by-Step series)

Business & Money

WDSC: Step by Step carries on the Step by Step series tradition of providing an easy-to-understand yet thorough introduction to today’s most important technologies. In this book, you’ll discover the incredibly powerful WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSC). Whether you plan to program only in RPG or plan to someday add Java and Web development to your RPG skill set, IBM has made it clear that WDSC is the tool you will be using. But WDSC isn’t just a replacement to SEU; it charts a new path for development based on IBM’s open-source Eclipse IDE. More than just an editor, WDSC is also a design studio, a compiler, an integration aid, and a test platform. It supports not only standard languages such as RPG and COBOL, but also Java, HTML, JavaServer Pages, and Cascading Style Sheets. The sheer scope of features available in WDSC makes learning it overwhelming for many programmers. This book demystifies WDSC, making it accessible and far easier to learn. By design, WDSC: Step by Step walks a programmer through a working, integrated example while highlighting those features used on a day-to-day basis. You’ll learn all of the key features of WDSC, including building a Web site, adding dynamic content, attaching it to an i5/iSeries program, and finally deploying it to a WebSphere Application Server. Not merely a WDSC reference, this book acts as an extended library session in which readers learn by doing and master enough techniques to continue learning on their own. No prior knowledge of Java, HTML, or Eclipse is required!

WDSC: Step by Step: A Practical Guide to Becoming Proficient in WebSphere Development Studio Client (Step-by-Step series)

Programming

Targeting Web 2.0 IT professionals and developers, this important resource provides essential information on IBM’s Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) and the exciting new EGL Rich UI for the IBM i platform. The first half explains how the EGL Rich UI takes advantage of the powerful EGL syntax to provide increased flexibility while designing complex interactive user interfaces from the ground up. This can allow for building Rich Internet Applications that take advantage of popular frameworks such as Dojo and services from Google, all integrated together with EGL Rich UI’s built-in widget library. Following is an exploration into harnessing IBM i, the new open and advanced business application server, through EGL’s ability to make simple connections from rich clients to back end business services.

Developing Web 2.0 Applications with EGL for IBM i

Networking & Cloud Computing