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  • VS Code – An OSS IDE

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    Andy Youens
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    In my previous articles on IBM i Open Source, I’ve briefly mentioned Microsoft Visual Studio Code.  So, in this article, let me show you what it’s all about. What options do we have for editing our source/applications that reside on our IFS? IBMs RDi (Eclipse based) Zend Studio (Eclipse based) Notepad ++ 5250 EDTF (Suppose…

  • Node-red on i – 5733OPS not required

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    David Shears
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    Inspired by Andy Youens series of articles on Node and Open Source on IBMi,  I decided to try setting up Node-red on one of my servers. I’ve also got to give credit to a post on the IBM developer site: https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/i-running-node-red/ The main difference is that where the walk-through uses licensed program 5733OPS I decided…

  • “What am I letting myself in for?”

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    David Shears
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      “What am I letting myself in for? “ One of many thoughts going through the mind of the Aspie on his way to the i-power event in the middle of his third minor panic attack. Maybe not the intro you’re expecting, but I’d like to talk now about why it’s worth the trip. For…

  • SMBv3 support in IBM i 7.4

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    Steve Bradshaw
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    Those of you that spotted my article on what’s new in 7.4 back in April (if you missed it, click here to read it now) may well remember I was quite excited at the prospect of SMBv3 in 7.4.  And yes, I realise just how sad that makes me sound and yet it is AWESOME…

  • Node Project – iDash

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    Andy Youens
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    In this article I will take you through part of my Node.js workshop that I presented at the UK International i Power conference in June 2019. The workshop was called ‘From Zero to Production with Node.js’. I hope those that attended enjoyed the workshop and found it beneficial. I also included a brief introduction into…

  • HMC’s – descriptive errors optional

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    David Shears
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    I’ve been having great fun recently trying to upgrade one of my HMCs and figure I shall now share with you all the woes in the hope that the next person to have this problem can find the solution a little easier. If you read all the way through there’s also a couple of bits…

  • Ping unto eternity

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    David Shears
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    A slightly pretentious title for an article that doesn’t deserve it, but you must indulge yourself every so often. If you’ve ever used the PING command from a windows command line I imagine you’re familiar with the -t option that will leave it running until you have the information you want. I found myself needing…

  • Programmers Comments

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    Andy Youens
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    This is a light hearted article this month while I prepare for my Node.js on IBM i workshop at the UK International i Power conference 2019. Over the 40 odd years I have been programming, I’ve come across some fantastic comments in source code.  They certainly make code maintenance a lot more enjoyable. These are…

  • ‘i’ will emPOWER the new generation of techs

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    Mike Ryan
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    For as long as I can remember, the Holy Grail of IBM i computing has been to engage with the younger generations and to bring them into the safe and secure IBM i fold; and it has been a tough journey. Until now! This just got a whole lot easier! With the latest explosion of…

  • IBM i Security Best Practices – Presented by Jeff Uehling

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    Staff Reporter
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      Security best practices and regulatory compliance are a constantly moving target. In this webinar, Syncsort’s Product Management Director for Security Solutions, Jeff Uehling, shares what he’s learned over the past 30 years regarding IBM i security best practices. Key topics include: Why you need to run at security level 50 – and the exposures…

  • Raz-Lee Security Announces ICAP Client for iSecurity Anti-Virus

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    Staff Reporter
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    iSecurity Anti-Virus has been enhanced to support the new ICAP Client. With this solution, the actual virus scanning is performed outside the IBM i, by organizational servers. This solution is important for organizations with multiple LPARs (logical partitions), especially if these LPARs are using parts of a processing unit. ICAP, the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol…

  • DSPIFSLCK and the profile that would not delete

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    David Shears
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    DSPIFSLCK and the profile that would not delete Mixing a little of promoting useful utilities with my frustration when I can’t get something to work. To set the scene, I’ve been trying to remove an old developer profile from one of our production machines. For whatever reason every time I try to delete it I…