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the iSeries or just mainframes in general? Certainly not the i. There is so much documentation that it might be more of an issue of it being overwhelming. the
by Shivetya 7y ago
the iSeries or just mainframes in general?
Certainly not the i. There is so much documentation that it might be more of an issue of it being overwhelming. there are multiple active communities sharing code.
this is a system which is based on DB2 meaning SQL in native, development tools are varied, from COBOL, RPGLE, JAVA, and more. You can web face nearly any existing process, node.js work is one area we have lots of current work. no down time for reorganizing files, indexes always maintained, and tools open to all on the platform to optimize sql statements. I have developers using all this and more. most use an eclipse based platform (RDi for Cobol/RPGLE) or eclipse itself to work.
admin wise it is a breeze, no need to hunt down a tcp/ip stack, db tools, schedulers, or such. its all built in.
Legacy systems are only limited by the imagination of those using them. the reason the systems persist and grow is because they are not frozen in time and their architecture readily adapts to new technology because they were designed to not be locked down with an inflexible design.