IBM i, Programming

ORION EDITOR the free RPG Editor from IBM – tell me its true!

What is this Orion Editor RPG thing? A browser based IBM i code editor which is Open Source, Powerful and just plain saucy. Is the ORION Editor really a free RPG Editor? In the details of the IBM i 7.3 announcement you will find that the Orion editor will be shipped for free as part of …

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IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Life, Programming, RPG, Software Change Management, SQL, Webservice

What’s the best Free RPG Editor?

IBM Rational Developer (RDi) is good but bloody expensive! If you are reading this blog then chances are you are (a) an RPG Programmer and (b) using SEU to edit your code and (c) you are frustrated that SEU wont syntax check new RPG anymore! It’s time to leap into an RPG EDITOR or be pushed… RDi …

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IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Programming

iSeries RPG Editor for your laptop (free AS400 SEU RDi Alternative)

AS400 is Legend JULY 2019 UPDATE — This is an old Blog. I can’t believe I wrote this over ten years ago. But, I look in the mirror and see this gray racing silver bonce and I realize that it really might have been this long ago. In recent years, RDi has become the RPG CODE …

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