TUG Buzz! for Tuesday June 20th, 2023

Please note that date for this session has changed from June 21st to June 28th.
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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. June 28 MoM - Speaker: Alan Seiden (The Seiden Group)
2. Party Like it's 1988 - IBM i - 35th Anniversary
3. Futures Calendar - List of upcoming meetings
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📣 REMINDER: TUG's next MoM is:

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
ZOOM ONLY TUG MoM
12:00 PM (noon) Eastern Time

* 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.

SPEAKER:

Alan Seiden Principal, Seiden Group Specialties: How to modernize and create something new while leveraging your valuable business logic. APIs, IBM i, open source, web, PHP, Node.js, Python, RPG, ERPs

Alan helps organizations enrich their IBM i applications with APIs; open source technologies such as PHP, Node.js, and Python; Db2 for i data; and RPG business logic. He and his team provide large and small IT teams with strategic advice, hands-on development, and support.

Recognized as an IBM Champion, Alan cultivates a strong, resilient IBM i community by fostering new talent for IBM i as well as new open source options.He mentors the next generation in extending the capabilities of the IBM i platform with their open source skills. He has also led the adoption of RPM-based PHP with Seiden's CP+ PHP; co-developed the popular PHP Toolkit with IBM; and was the first to offer full-stack support for PHP, Python, and Node.js on IBM i.

An award-winning speaker, Alan has been called "the performance guru of PHP on IBM i." He shares his expertise regularly through his blog as well as at conferences and user groups such as COMMON, MAGiC, the Northeast User Groups Conference, OCEAN and WMCPA.

In his spare time, Alan plays the trombone and practices the Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education.

ABSTRACT:

API Examples Using RPG, Node.js,
PHP, and Python

We help keep IBM i a critical part of IT when we learn how to connect to other systems flexibly and securely using APIs. Because IBM i API options abound, you can use your favorite languages and tools. 

This talk shows many ways to send and receive data safely, using IBM i business logic, with code examples using various free tools and languages, including RPG, PHP, Python, and Node.js.

Learning Objectives:
      1. Understand basics of APIs and why they are helpful and secure
      2. Learn several RPG techniques to create and call APIs
      3. Learn several open source language ways to create and call APIs,
          using PHP, Python, and Node.js

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Party Like It's 1988:
Join the IBM i 35th Anniversary Celebration

Don't miss the opportunity to celebrate the IBM i's 35th Anniversary!
TechChannel has partnered with IBM and many other community members in a global celebration; join us as we "party like it's 1988." We'll be kicking off special, celebratory webinars across three time zones on June 21, 2023 when you'll hear from the platform's innovators, luminaries, its shakers, and movers.  And don't miss TechChannel's special, interactive content experience released on June 21. 
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Wednesday JUN 28
Note new date!

Speaker: Alan Seiden
(The Seiden Group)

Wednesday JUL 19

Speakers: Alan Ashley
& Ray Bernardi
(ARCAD)

Wednesday AUG 21

Speaker: Rob Swanson
(CNX Corp.)

Wednesday SEP 20
Live in Mississauga

Mark Irish
(IBM Rochester, USA)