TUG Buzz! for Monday March 21st, 2022

⌚ Last chance to register for MoM this week:

Wednesday, March 23rd
(dinner meeting)

NEW! At approximately 6:45 PM (while you are having dessert at the end of the 1-hour dinner break) Jon & Susan will host an RPG/RDi developers' Q&A for 15 - 20 minutes, prior to Jon's 7:00 session: "Processing JSON with RPG." See details below.

NOTE: This is an in-person dinner meeting at:
DOUBLETREE BY HILTON TORONTO AIRPORT WEST
5444 DIXIE RD, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO L4W2L2
with live-streaming on Zoom!

We will be following all health department mandated protocols, which includes social distancing and the continued use of properly fitting masks... (Neck gaiters and bandanas are not permitted.)

ALL PATRONS AND STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO BE FULLY VACCINATED TO ATTEND THE MoM. If you are unable or unwilling to comply with these measures, we invite you to watch the meeting on Zoom.

* Note: An MP4 recording of this meeting will be available to download for TUG members in good standing, by email request to admin@tug.ca.

ABSTRACTS: 

5:00 PM Session: Monitoring IBM i with Open Source

Tune in or join us to hear Charlie Hird describe how he explored several different Open Source options for monitoring the IBM i.

Touching on Nagios Core, NEMS Linux, Nagios TV, and Cockpit which are all free, Open Source solutions, available to the public.

He'll outline the steps he went through, starting from the IBM provided solutions, to third party solutions and eventually building an up-to-date plugin for Nagios. A demo of the final solution will be given to demonstrate what is possible.

6:45 PM (Dessert) Session: RPG/RDi Developers' Q&A

Do you have a question you've been wrestling with related to development using RPG and/or RDi? Before diving into the main topic for this part of the meeting, Jon and Susan will open the floor for a few minutes to questions or discussions on topics of your choice.

7:00 PM Session: Processing JSON with RPG

JSON becomes more and more important by the day. If you are not already working with it in your IBM i applications, you soon will be. Simply put, JSON is the fastest growing data interchange medium out there. There are a number of ways for IBM i programmers to work with JSON - using native RPG operations and/or using SQL as well as a variety other tools.

This session will focus on the use RPG's native DATA-INTO and DATA-GEN op-codes to both consume and generate JSON. Those operations require code to parse and/or generate a specific format of data. But we don't need to write our own code - we'll use Scott Klement's free open source YAJL library in our examples.

You may be surprised at how simple it is to consume and/or generate JSON using your existing RPG skills.

SPEAKERS: 

		Charlie Hird (Shield Advanced Solutions) Charlie is a newcomer to the IBM i community, trying to bring a fresh approach to the Shield team. He is instrumental in developing many aspects of IBM i solutions such as Shield's IBM i monitoring suite: AAG, Message monitoring tool – EM4i, and enhancing Shield's High Availability solutions. Charlie is also a proud member of Canadian Armed Forces serving as an infantryman in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada.
		Susan Gantner (Partner/400) Susan worked in Rochester, Minnesota for 5 years in the AS/400 Technical Support Center. She later moved to the IBM Toronto Software Laboratory to provide technical support for programming languages and AD tools on the AS/400. Susan is a regular speaker at COMMON conferences and other technical conferences around the world and holds a number of Speaker Excellence medals from COMMON.
		Jon Paris (Partner/400) Jon's IBM midrange career started when he fell in love with the System/38 while working as a consultant. This love affair ultimately led him to joining IBM. Jon left IBM in 1998 to focus on developing and delivering education focused on enhancing AS/400 and iSeries application development skills. Jon is a frequent speaker at User Groups meetings and conferences around the world, and holds a number of speaker excellence awards from COMMON.

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