Entries by Holly Lacher

Why I Learned RPGLE

/in , /by

When I told my friends  I was learning RPGLE, they thought I had gone a bit crazy. Why would I want to learn that “old” programming language? My quest stemmed from a common issue that I experienced first hand. As a web developer, I would often hear, “The business logic is located in RPG code and we don’t know what it does. We will have to wait and ask the RPG programmer to explain it to us before we can continue with the project, but that person is too busy now.” Or worse yet, “We are completely redoing our ERP…

Edit IFS Files Using Visual Studio Code for IBM i

/in , , , /by

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a lightweight source code editor that runs on multiple desktops, including Windows, Linux, and MacOS. It provides built-in support for PHP, Node.js, Python, and many other languages and runtimes. Halcyon Tech’s Code for IBM i extension adds the ability to edit IBM i Integrated File System (IFS) files inside VS Code. It’s easy to get set up to access and edit IFS-based code using this popular editing tool. In just seven quick steps, you can install VS Code and its Code for IBM i extension and begin working with IFS files stored on your…