Presentation attached below
Ulf_Buchner says:
Hi Will,
Will the presentation be made available here?
Thanks for the session, the tooling looks quite interesting. It would also be great to have a more hands-on like presentation where a part of a migration is shown.
will.smythe says:
in response to: Ulf_Buchner
Hey Ulf - sorry about that - slides available now. I will make sure Todd sees your comments. Thanks
msoucy says:
in response to: will.smythe
Great presentation. I'm a little unclear on something though. In order to use the migration tool do you need to buy a license to HATS or does this come with the license to EGL? Also, is this tool ultimately going to be IBM's replacement to Webfacing?
will.smythe says:
in response to: msoucy
The approach to modernization that Todd presented yesterday involves migrating code (RPG and/or DDS) to EGL and EGL Rich UI. This is a different approach than HATS takes (HATS simply transforms the 5250 data stream into HTML and/or Web services, without touching the underlying source code).
Rational Migration Extension for IBM i (RMEi) is the name of the offering from IBM that takes code and migrates it to EGL.
RMEi is not a replacement for HATS/WebFacing, but is a better long term solution for modernization on IBM i since it does more than just give applications a new look; it moves them into a language that offers greater flexibility - in terms of being able to deploy the same code in multiple places. EGL also offers capabilities, such as creation of services, not available in RPG today.
msoucy says:
in response to: will.smythe
Thanks Will. One more thing. I presume there is an additional charge to get RMEi. Is that true?
will.smythe says:
in response to: msoucy
Yes, RMEi is a separately priced offering. Contact Todd for details.
Thanks to everyone that attended the session today! If you have additional questions or comments, contact Todd (tbritton@us.ibm.com) or me (smythew@us.ibm.com).