This list is by no means complete (that would take weeks to compile). This list is constructed based on our past several months experience on IBM engagements and customers implementing IBM DevOps software. We will likely update this list well into the future. CCM = The Change and Configuration Management application running on WebSphere … Read more
This is from our presentation at the InterConnect 2016 conference in Las Vegas, February 2016.IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) can dynamically transform your terminal-based applications into rich web pages. It is highly customizable and built on Java EE technology. We discussed some lessons learned from a very (very) complex HATS engagement. We also … Read more
First Rule: Write Good User Stories If you are just getting started with writing user stories, I highly recommend Mike Cohn’s book User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development. Perhaps you’re coming from a background of writing large use cases. Perhaps you’re fresh out of school and not familiar with requirements management. If you’re already … Read more
A common anti-pattern for the Jazz tools (RTC, RQM, and DNG) is using them in place of a true help desk application. Help desk apps are designed to handle the recording of calls to the desk, categorizing the problems, and assisting the call agent with remediating those problems. In some cases a help desk system … Read more
IBM has an extensive catalog of desktop products, especially for application and database development. Some of those tools offer features and functions that can only be realized when combined with another product. In such cases, the products need to be installed into the same Eclipse package. This presentation shows you how to combine, deploy, and … Read more
Some of the IBM software can include multiple multi-gigabyte files, all of which are required for installation. IBM Rational Application Developer is good example. Using the normal windows unzip functionality can make for a bit of a tangled mess of a download directory if you’re not careful. I’ve been working with this software for over … Read more
Why unit testing? Any developer worth their salt, uses unit tests to validate that their code satisfies the task or tasks the code is supposed to do. Unit testing encourages modular development. Junit for Java was one the first and certainly the most well known. Other frameworks for other languages have popped up all over … Read more
Here is another presentation we did a the IBM Innovate conference in June 2014. Using HATS to create web services from 5250 or 3270 terminal applications is a common use case for HATS. You can also consume services either in the interface (i.e. RESTful or JSON), or through HATS macros or Business Logic (i.e. custom HATS … Read more
Moving from SEU/PDM to Rational Developer for i? This month we presented at the annual IBM Innovate Conference in Orlando several topics on the various IBM Rational tools. Rational Developer for i (RDi) is the IDE of choice for editing, verifying, analyzing, and managing RPG, COBOL, and C/C++ on the IBM i (i.e the AS/400). … Read more
In preparation for the IBM Innovate conference starting this June, I’ve put together some helpful advice to newcomers who’ve not been to one of the conferences before. By no means is this a complete list, nor is it an official list. Its MY list. Enjoy: What to bring CLOTHING: Well, first off, this is Florida. I live … Read more