Open Source Starter Guide for IBM i Developers

Product Description Look Inside the Book Author Bio Specifications Open source on the IBM i has come a long way since the days of Perl on the AS/400. Today, the "garden" of open source application development tools is diverse and thriving, thanks to an active community and the growing popularity of solutions like XMLSERVICE, Ruby/Rails, PHP, Python, Node.js, and Apache Tomcat. If you've wanted to explore any of these technologies, to see how open source might expand your application possibilities or your development skill set, Open Source Starter Guide for IBM i Developers is for you. In this book, Pete Helgren, a veteran i and open source developer, provides a friendly, practical introduction to open source development options for IBM i programmers. Pete dispenses guidance to help developers get into open source in a well-informed way, as well as plenty of code examples to give readers a feel for working with the tools. Readers will take away a clear understanding of popular op