AS400, IBM i, IDE, iSeries, Modernization, Programming, Visual Studio Code for IBM i

IBM i Programming – OPM vs ILE *FIGHT*

I was recording a VSCODE for IBM i video this morning, talking about the different ways of storing our RPGLE code as a bound RPGLE program, or as separate modules which are then bound into a program with the CRTPGM command. So, I accidentally wrote this description of OPM vs ILE and realized that it …

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IBM i, IDE, IFS, Modernization, PASE, Visual Studio Code for IBM i

Set the VSCODE IBMi PATH to Open Source Packages on IBM i

What is an IBM i PATH? In PASE (Portable Application Solutions Environment), $PATH is an environment variable that stores a list of directories where the system searches for executable files, such as commands and programs. The PATH is like a *LIBL for open source. Just like library lists, the PATH setting only exists during our …

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