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TUG Buzz! for Monday July 21st, 2025

IN THIS ISSUE:

July MoM - Speaker: Sanjula Ganepola (IBM)
Future MoM Calendar - Upcoming Events
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Sponsor message - FRESCHE: Webinar tomorrow - Modernization

⌚ Last chance to register!
TUG's next MoM is this week:

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
12:00 PM (Noon) Eastern Time
Location: 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.

SPEAKER:

Sanjula Ganepola

(IBM Canada)

Sanjula is a Software Developer at IBM working on IBM i application development tools. As an open-source advocate, he is an active contributor and maintainer of several Visual Studio Code extensions including IBM i Project Explorer, Code for IBM i, IBM i Testing, Source Orbit, and much more.

TOPIC: “RPG Unit Testing Made Easy in VS Code!”

SESSION ABSTRACT:

Join us for an in-depth look at the new IBM i Testing extension for VS Code. In this session, we will demonstrate how you can now write and execute RPGUnit test suites (supporting both RPG and COBOL) directly within the editor using local files or source members.

We will cover the basics of the RPGUnit test framework, guide you through the installation process, and demonstrate how to execute tests with code coverage. If you are looking to adopt new and modern tooling, come check out this exciting addition to the IBM i development ecosystem in VS Code.

Future TUG MoM Calendar:

DATE / VENUE	TIME / TOPICS	SPEAKERS / SPONSOR
Wednesday JUL 23 (Zoom)	12:00 PM (EDT) Noon Zoom TUG MoM Topic: RPG Unit Testing Made Easy In VS Code!	Sanjula Ganepola (IBM Canada)
Wednesday AUG 20 (Zoom)	12:00 PM (EDT) Noon Zoom TUG MoM Topic: Mapepire – A new simple, performant, and portable Db2 client for IBM i	Jonathan Zak (IBM Canada)
Wednesday SEP 17 (In-Person)	5:00 PM (EDT) Session 1 6:00 PM (EDT) Dinner 7:00 PM (EDT) Session 2 Topics: The latest developments in Db2 and SQL	Special IBM Guest Speaker (To Be Confirmed)

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