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RDi is now fully free in 9.5!

Eric SimpsonRational Developer for [email protected]

2015 IBM Corporation


Agenda

Why this matters RDi 9.5 Enhancements

Fully Free RPG Indentation Emulator Push Snippets Filter enhancements Update Notifier Java Edition Enhancements

Your Feedback Conclusion



Why it matters

Investigation about the future of IBM i Study by Handelsbanken interns from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology

IBM i is also constantly modernised e.g. full free format RPG, integrated SQL and development tools such as RDi which is replacing the green and black-screens. Also, modern interfaces and web applications with PHP and Javascript are used more and more. All this leads to our conclusion that graduates or programmers who are not knowledgeable about IBM i, can now recognise more and much easier understand both RPG and the platform itself. As an example, free format RPG was much easier for us, who have studied Java at KTH, to understand than fixed format.

We who are students often got the question during the pre-study: Would you work with IBM i, is it something that you could see yourselves work with? In the beginning of the pre-study our answer would have been:Well, we do not know so much about the platform isnt it quite old?Now, , we can confidently say:absolutely!

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Access to huge pool of young motivated talent

Wheres Your Next RPG Programmer Coming From? Paul Tuohy, Susan Gantner, Jon Paris huge success training Java

Programmers on RPG/SQL Free Format RPG: It's All About the Jobs Four Reasons RPG Geezers Should Care About The New Free-Form

RPG Press Coverage and Documentation on RPG Free-Form

"Free-form RPG should be widely known, but to a large degree customers, partners, and even many IBMers do not know about it. One out of every two customers faces the skills-depletion problem. These companies recognize they have a big problem, but they don't recognize the solution exists and they don't know the solution is not expensive.

Serge Charbit, CTO & President System Objects

http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh100614-story07.htmlhttp://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs102913-printer03.htmlhttp://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg021214-story01.htmlhttp://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg021214-story01.htmlhttp://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg021214-story01.htmlhttps://systemideveloper.com/blogs/documentation-on-rpg-free-form/http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh081015-story02.html



The momentum continues



Fully Free RPG!!

RPG has no more column restrictions! **FREE in first line. Entire source member must be fully free. Fixed form must be placed in copy file

ILE RPG compiler support be available via PTF for 7.2 (TR3) 7.1 (TR11)



RDi in lock step (or a step ahead) of compiler

RDi supports fully free today! (Even before the compiler)



Vendors lined up to support it

Early release to a number of Business Partners

Support planned by

Source Conversion Vendors

Source Control Vendors

RDi extenders

Educators/Pundits



Action to format indentation

Highest requested RFE by far! 119 votes, 13 watch lists

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=10189



How to launch action

Menu bar

Context Menu

Or use Ctrl-Shift-F the standard Eclipse key for formatting



Indentation Options



Embedded Emulator



Emulator Options

Key customization in Preferences



Snippet Support in Push-To-Client

In the last release the ability was added, not only to export your workspace configuration but also have it automatically distributed to whoever connects to a central IBM i server.



Snippets can be exported and distributed



Drag/Drop reordering of filters in RSE

Can now reorder filters in the Remote Systems Explorer by simply dragging and dropping them.



New Code Coverage Features in 9.5

Much, much, much faster! Typically 20x or better improvement. The architecture was completely redone to streamline code coverage to a

minimum of interaction between the RDi client and the IBM i server Solution is ready for real world scale of programs and tests

Ability to use shared results, so coverage results of test cases can be computed once and reused for the team.

Ability to merge code coverage results from multiple runs. Compute the combined coverage and show exactly which lines are

missing Exactly which modules/files/procedures do not meet specified thresholds

Integrated 5250 emulator, very convenient and slick!



RDi is partnering to help measurably improve quality Learn More about Code Coverage

Code Coverage Product Documentation Code Coverage article on DeveloperWorks Demo of interactive Code Coverage automated with Rational Function Tester Overview of Test Optimizing Advisor Beta functionality

Test Automation RPGUnit integration for RDi free, applicable for batch programs only ARCAD Verifier product description ARCAD Verifier Demo Original Software -TestDrive

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAE4W_9.5.0/com.ibm.debug.pdt.codecoverage.i.doc/topics/tcc_run_about.html?cp=SSAE4W_9.5.0http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/d-code-coverage-tools-rational-developer-i/https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/files/app#/file/23fef9e9-6d5e-4712-920b-ba91b33a7908https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/form/api/wiki/2fad2df2-9c68-4aa3-abba-01e910211998/page/5531e600-93c7-46f6-86f4-a570b1bcf391/attachment/cd874336-eb00-4d67-ae26-66a9d9f6ece6/media/TOA_RDi_Tutorial.pdfhttp://www.tools400.de/English/Freeware/RDi_Plug-Ins/rdi_plug-ins.htmlhttp://arcadsoftware.com/products/arcad-verifier-regression-testing/http://arcadsoftware.com/resource-items/arcad-verifier-demo/http://origsoft.com/solutions/software-test-automation/



Update Notifier

People have been missing out on the latest and greatest because they were not notified.Wait no longer!



Will find and help install updates to installed products



Will find the latest news on installed products



Notifications appear in System Tray

At 1 am every night, the notifier looks to see if there is anything of interest to you, and if so pops up an icon on the System tray.

Update Notifier is in addition to: Help > Check for Rational Developer for i Updates Help > Rational Developer for i Releases and Updates



9.5 Release

New release which requires new install Not available as an 'Update' from previous release

New license activation kits required Minimum IBM Installation Manager level 1.8.3 Added support for Windows 2012 R2, RHEL 7, SUSE 12, Ubuntu

14.04 (64bit only) Dropped support for 32bit Linuxes, IBM i 6.1 Trial available (zip download or web install)http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rdi/

New mechanism for Local help option Not part of product install

Installing help on your computer

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rdi/http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAE4W_9.5.0/com.ibm.help.common.remote.nolhu.doc/topics/t_configure_local_help.html



Eclipse 4.4 and support for Java 8

Lambda expression recognition and conversion For more details article overview of Java 8 support in Eclipse 4.4 For details on Eclipse 4.4 Features

https://www.eclipse.org/community/eclipse_newsletter/2014/june/article1.phphttps://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.4/eclipse-news-part1.php



Eclipse Marketplace

Allows users to discover and install Eclipse solutions directly into their Eclipse installation

Access with Help > Eclipse Marketplace



RDi 95 improvement for Modernization Tools, Java Edition 1/3 Supports and includes the latest WebSphere Application Server Liberty

Profile (with support for Java EE 7 Full and Web profile) (Full traditional WebSphere Application Server test environments also continue to be supported at version levels 7.0, 8.0, and 8.5.5. Test Environment installable images are included for 8.0 and 8.5.5 ).

New and enhanced Liberty Profile tools, such as: Improved Liberty Profile repository integration through proxy Remote debug session support Automatic detection and resolution of feature conflicts Use of on premise Liberty Profile repository Ability to use new configuration drop-ins to customize or override an

existing server configuration New installable options for Bluemix Tools and Eclipse Git Team provider



RDi 95 improvement for Modernization Tools, Java Edition 2/3 Tools for Java EE 7, such as:

Ability to publish Java EE7 enterprise archives (EARs) to WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile server (V8.5.5.6 or later)

Support for EJB Lite/Full (with validation) and standalone EJB modules (for example, in a JAR)

Java Batch tools supporting (JSR 352) Bean Validation 1.1 tools supporting (JSR 349) Java API for WebSocket 1.1 tools supporting JSR 356 A new deployment descriptor editor for Java EE Security Permissions CDI tools enhancements that support CDI 1.2 (JSR 346) and JPA 2.1

(EclipseLink)



RDi 95 improvement for Modernization Tools, Java Edition 3/3 New support for JSF 2.2 including ability to create JSF 2.2 portlet

projects for Liberty profile. This enables use of Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software to use new JSF features, such as Faces Flow and Resource Library Contracts, as well as the ability to enable interactivity between HTML5 and JSF so as to take advantage of the new features in HTML5, while maintaining the features and characteristics of a mature and robust web framework.

A Java EE Specification Upgrade wizard for migrating projects and the modules they contain from older versions to Java EE6 and Java EE7.

Support for portlets on Liberty Profile. A new integration with the open source Jasmine framework for

JavaScript unit testing. Currency: updated with latest version of Cordova; support for the latest

GA level version of the Liberty Profile;



Top Voted RFEs

RFE Query link

Note: Brand Change

Delivered in 9.5

You spokeWe listened

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=recentlyVoted&BRAND_ID=352&PROD_ID=195



RDi Fix List RFEs delivered

RDi Fix List shows RFEs and APARs delivered by release/fixpack RFEs delivered in RDi 9.5

LUG requirement: Open Member keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Q

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27038481



Conclusion

RPG is evolving rapidly and RDi is keeping pace (SEU is not)

Free-form RPG and RDi solves skill-depletion

Lots of goodies in RDi 9.5 worth upgrading

We are prioritizing investment according to your feedback via RFE

IBM i programming is fun and productive again!



Resources Rational Developer for i 9.5

Announcement Product Page purchase, whats new Product Evolution is this an update, technical details How to do Web Install simplest for individuals How to Install options for enterprise installation Return on Investment Calculator personalized business case generator Lots of Online Learning Resources Documentation and Notices

How to stay in touch RDi Hub community, blog, announcements, wiki, links, resources WDSci-L - very active discussion group Request For Enhancements COMMON

https://ibm.biz/rdi95_bloghttps://ibm.biz/rdi_producthttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681378https://ibm.biz/rdi_web_installhttps://ibm.biz/rdi_web_installhttps://ibm.biz/rdi_installhttps://ibm.biz/rdi_roihttps://ibm.biz/rdi_wiki_self_learninghttps://ibm.biz/rdi_documentshttps://ibm.biz/rdi_hubhttps://ibm.biz/wdsci-lhttps://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=recentlyVoted&BRAND_ID=352&PROD_ID=195http://common.org/

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