Your IBM i has probably been quietly running the business for years. The people who originally wrote the applications may have long since retired, but those trusty RPG programs are still doing exactly what they were designed to do.
Today, though, users expect web applications, REST APIs, JSON data, and browser-based interfaces. That's where Node.js fits perfectly into the IBM i world.
The good news? You don't need to replace your RPG applications. Node.js runs natively on IBM i alongside RPG, CL, Db2, and all the technologies you already rely on every day.
In this course, you'll learn how to install and configure Node.js using IBM i open-source packages, work with JavaScript, connect to Db2, and build modern web APIs with Express.
We'll then bring everything together by creating a complete browser-based application that can create, read, update, and delete records in your Db2 database.
Whether you're an RPG developer looking to modernize your skills or an IBM i administrator wanting to understand the latest technology stack, you'll finish the course with practical experience, working code, and a real application you can build upon.
So grab your 5250 session and let's start bringing IBM i applications to the web.
Who says green screens and JavaScript can't be friends?