Today I found myself singing the “old-timey” tune Side by Side with the lyrics “on my i.”
I had to laugh—a LinkedIn post for the Summit Deep Dive Workshops had tapped into my musical memories from the RPG & DB2 Summit events. As one of the Summit organizers, I had a front-row seat to each and every performance.
If you’re up for a laugh today, too, check out RPG Rock — A Retrospective for IBM i Developers. In it, Paul Tuohy spins a tale of how Ted Holt and Alan Seiden roped in Steve Will, Barbara Morris, “roadie” Liam Allan, and many other IBM i-loving musicians to memorialize the life of an IBM i developer through music. You’ll find a few key segments linked below.
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PHP 8.3 for IBM i Released in Seiden CP+ PHP
/0 Comments/in PHP /by Amy LantzWhile PHP 8.3 has valuable updates, PHP 8.0 and lower are no longer receiving even security fixes, increasing your risk of issues with security and certainly with your next security audit. Contact Alan for a free upgrade assessment.
PHP 8.3’s new features include json_validate. You’ll find the full list of changes and supporting details at PHP.Watch.
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Use grep to Search IBM i Source Members (RPG, CL, COBOL, more)
/7 Comments/in IBM i /by Alan SeidenUpdated: January 4, 2024
From the Seiden SmartSupport mailbag:
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IBM i Modernization Seminar at IBM France
/0 Comments/in News & Events /by Amy LantzSponsored by IBM and CD-Invest, the seminar agenda balances educational sessions with opportunities to ask questions and have informal discussions with the presenters and fellow attendees.
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Rebuilding the Tomcat Plugin in IBM i 7.5
/0 Comments/in Apache, Open Source /by Alan SeidenWhen one of our open source support clients discovered that Tomcat plugin for Apache was not supported on their test IBM i 7.5 system, they needed a solution. They relied on Tomcat to serve their Java web applications.
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PHP 8.3: How the Community Helps PHP Evolve
/0 Comments/in PHP /by Alan SeidenPHP is moved forward by its community. Each year there is a new major release with enhancements, each month a maintenance release. PHP 8.3 is another achievement in the steady cycle of improvements.
Here are some key resources for understanding how the PHP language is built and enhanced.
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Older 32-Bit PHP & PASE Apps Can Break in IBM i 7.5
/0 Comments/in Open Source /by Alan SeidenThis alert was originally published in Seiden Group’s July 2023 Support Bulletin.
Seiden Group’s CP+ PHP fully supports IBM i 7.5.
IBM i 7.5 includes OpenSSL 1.1.1, an upgrade that can disable older PASE applications that were tied to 1.0.2 or earlier.
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VS Code for IBM i Repositories
/0 Comments/in VS Code for i /by Alan SeidenFully open source, the code that runs Code for i is available on Github repositories. From there, the code can be viewed and even enhanced by the public.
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IBM i Apache Security Setting: RequestReadTimeout
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IBM i Apache Directives Measure Request Speeds
/2 Comments/in Apache /by Alan SeidenDefault values in the Apache access log include the request’s URL, the HTTP status code, size of the response in bytes, and the user agent (e.g. browser type), but not how long the request took. Let’s see how to add the timing.
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RPG Rocks! A Musical Tribute to IBM i Developers
/0 Comments/in IBM i /by Amy LantzToday I found myself singing the “old-timey” tune Side by Side with the lyrics “on my i.”
I had to laugh—a LinkedIn post for the Summit Deep Dive Workshops had tapped into my musical memories from the RPG & DB2 Summit events. As one of the Summit organizers, I had a front-row seat to each and every performance.
If you’re up for a laugh today, too, check out RPG Rock — A Retrospective for IBM i Developers. In it, Paul Tuohy spins a tale of how Ted Holt and Alan Seiden roped in Steve Will, Barbara Morris, “roadie” Liam Allan, and many other IBM i-loving musicians to memorialize the life of an IBM i developer through music. You’ll find a few key segments linked below.
Read more →