Native PHP on System i
Unless you've been an island cast-away, you've undoubtedly heard that IBM and Zend have partnered up to offer the Zend Core natively on System i, and this means PHP is now a part of the rich e-business development toolkit on the "i". It has been available on Linux for years and there is a wealth of talent out there to exploit it. PHP is open source and works splendidly with the Apache server packaged with System i.
What we'd like you to share is....
What are your plans now that PHP is available?
For example:
1. This could be the breakthrough we needed to burn down the green screens.
2. We could use this to build a nice self service website for our customers.
3. I need more information on what PHP can do for me.
4. I hope to get some technical training in the near future.
5. None. I've got enough on my plate. Long live 5250.
Please feel free to share your thought's.
Thanks, Chris
posted by Christopher F. Burns, Sr. @ 8:52 AM
4 comments
4 Comments:
On our modernization journey, I hope to reach the level of so many other interactive websites. Examples 1-4 really fit our company's goals for the future. Bring it on!
Sorry but haven't we been here before with other promises like java so which bandwagon do we hop on board with?
In response to the "Sorry but haven't we been here before..", We're actually talking apples and oranges here.
Apples: IBM has been pushing Java as its preferred development environment for nearly 10 years. However, back then they were envisioning most programmers doing their own coding in Java. That has not panned out, however what IBM has done in its place is make most of its tooling driven by Java. This includes iSeries Navigator and WDSC. The idea was to make the tooling flexible and easily adapatable to new object types and even other platforms. So you can actually use Java without having to learn it, per se.
Oranges: SQL is used on every platform, by every database engine. By not embracing and promoting its use, IBM would be sending itself to Exile Island, with no immunity idol. SQL is strategic on each of those platforms. Java on the other hand, while supported on all platforms, is not considered strategic by some, most notably Microsoft, who has their own strategic development platform with .Net.
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