TUG Buzz! for Thursday December 28th, 2023

📌 Mark your calendar! TUG's next MoM is:

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024

FREE PARKING! Register your license plate at the TUG check-in table.

* 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:

jgorzins@us.ibm.com

Jesse Gorzinski Business Architect, IBM USA Jesse Gorzinski works for the IBM i development lab in Rochester, MN. He is the Business Architect of open source technologies. Jesse, who was doing RPG programming at the age of 18, is an expert on application development on IBM i, as well as system access and modernization.

His hobbies include playing with his dog, replacing complex applications with 5-line Python programs, and advocating for the use of new technologies on IBM i! Prior to his 2006 employment at IBM, Jesse worked with the AS/400 as an I/T administrator for an IBM customer in the finance/mortgage industry, where he specialized in data backup/recovery, process optimization, and information integrity. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science as well as a Master of Business Administration degree.

Session 1 (5:00 PM)
Open Source: How to not mess it up
("How to not f*** it up" has also been suggested.) 😂

Now that open source has become the mainstream conversation in the IT industry, it's time to pause, step back, and make sure that you're following some important best practices. Failure to do so could compromise your application's integrity, reliability, and security. In this conversation, we'll disuss the proper techniques for deploying open source as part of a holistic open source strategy. We have an opportunity to learn from some of the common mistakes, so we'll discuss those, too. In short, you'll learn how to adopt open source without messing it up!

Session 2 (7:00 PM)
What's new in VSCode 

VSCode has quickly become the developer tool of choice in the industry. Several open source extensions are available for IBM i, too! Embracing this technology will make for happy and productive programmers!

In this talk, we'll cover the newest enhancements to the VSCode ecosystem for IBM i. With recent enhancements to the database extension, for instance, we now have a full-stack development tool for IBM i. The project moves quickly, so there's plenty to explore!

ALL PATRONS AND STAFF ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE FULLY VACCINATED TO ATTEND THE MoM IN-PERSON.

(See the AGENDA page for details on the next scheduled meeting.)

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