Jumpstart Day

Join us for this special, pre-conference day and jumpstart your educational experience. These sessions help you master fundamental concepts and enhance your learning experience at iSeries DevCon2010. Your Jumpstart Day fee entitles you to attend any combination of morning and afternoon 3-hour sessions, lunch, and a CD containing all of the Jumpstart materials — for only an additional $300.

Deep dive into Rational tooling for the i

Rational tooling for the IBM i has undergone a number of name changes and a boatload of feature upgrades. While the name Rational Developer for Power Systems Software, RPG and COBOL Development Tools for IBM i doesn'te exactly roll off the tongue, the tool itself is very sweet. Come to this three-hour deep dive for an introduction to all of the features that you will need to be productive with the tool in your everyday IBM i development. Get a first look at the finalized Screen Designer and the new Report Designer. Learn the sleek new GUI way to run your everyday programming tasks from editing source to debugging, as well as some of the time-saving features that only an Eclipse-based editor can provide. Leave the session with enough information to make the case for implementing this remarkable tool in your own shop.

Programming with PHP: An introduction for RPGers

PHP - the most popular scripting language on the Web - has now landed on the IBM i. Get an introduction to the basics of programming in PHP on IBM i by drawing comparisons with the RPG IV language we all know and love. Learn how the simplicity and power of PHP, like RPG, is focused on “getting the job done”. Learn about the i-specific features incorporated into the language for connection management; command, program, and procedure calls; DB2 UDB access; and more. Get a handle on the straightforward object model used in PHP that greatly eases procedural programmers into the world of object orientation. Walk away with the confidence in your programming skills needed to create interactive, dynamic Web applications quickly and easily using PHP.

From Subroutines to Subprocedures and Service Programs

Stop coding your subroutines when you should be using subprocedures! Come to this special 3-hour session to learn how to leverage subprocedures (aka, procedures) to make your code more obvious, leading to faster, easier maintenance and more reliable code. Uncover everything you need to know about coding subprocedures from syntax to best practices. Find out how to leverage subprocedures to create locally defined data, which allows for less error-prone logic. Dive into ILE service programs and learn what they are, why you should use them, how to package your commonly used procedures in them, and how to create shortcuts to share them easily and efficiently among many programs. Walk away with a solid understanding of procedures, prototypes, and service programs that will prepare you for many other sessions in the main conference.

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