by Brian W. Kelly Book Description The Express Approach to Re-facing Your 5250 Applications. This primer to WebFacing -- the full-featured iSeries Web development facility included in IBM's WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSc) Eclipse package -- is designed to help you leverage your existing iSeries development knowledge into building dynamic Web applications. Whether you're on WDSc V4, WDSc V5, or WebSphere 3.5 or Express, if you're new to WebFacing, this book is designed for you. Author Brian Kelly's case study approach shows you how to move your RPG IV, RPG/400, or Cobol green-screen applications to WebSphere or WebSphere Express and then onto the Internet. He demonstrates how to WebFace your applications, test them on the WDSc internal server, export them to the J2EE (EAR) file format, and install them on your WAS or WAS Express server. He even shows you how to run the applications and how to make the welcome panel more attractive. Perhaps the best news is that you don't need to learn Java to be successful. Get started with WebFacing today using this book as your how-to guide. Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to the WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSc) Chapter 2: WDSc and WDS Packaging Chapter 3: iSeries and WDSc Eclipse Chapter 4: WebFacing and WDSc Eclipse Chapter 5: Starting WebFacing with WDSc Eclipse Chapter 6: Starting a WebFacing Project with WDSc Eclipse Chapter 7: Select the CL Driver and Style; Convert the DDS Chapter 8: Using the Internal Server to Test Your WebFaced Application Chapter 9: Exporting WDSc WebFacing Project Chapter 10: Installing (Importing) WebFaced Application to iSeries WAS Express Chapter 11: Running the WebFaced Application on WAS Express Chapter 12: Re-Designing the WebFacing Launch Panel Appendix A: WDSc V4 Testing on Internal Server Appendix B: Exporting with WDSc V4 Appendix C: Installing V4 WebFaced Application on WAS 3.5 Using the Console Appendix D: Code for the Advanced Hello World Application Index About the Author Brian Kelly retired as a 30-year IBM Midrange SE in 1999, having cut his eye teeth in 1969 on the System/3 and later with CCP. While with IBM, he was also a Certified Instructor and a Mid-Atlantic Area Designated Specialist. Kelly takes pride in having announced the AS/400 at Marywood University in June, 1988. When IBM began to move its sales and support to Business Partners, he formed Kelly Consulting in 1992 as an IT education and consulting firm. Kelly developed numerous AS/400 professional courses over the years that range from soup to nuts. He has written twenty-one books and numerous magazine articles about current IT topics, including articles for The Four Hundred, Midrange Computing, Showcase, News/400, AS/400 Systems Management, AS/400 Internet Expert, and others. Kelly has also developed and taught a number of college courses and is currently an adjunct member of the graduate faculty at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he also serves as iSeries technical advisor to the IT faculty. |
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