Rational Developer for i
Rational Developer for i
Modern IBM Development Tools for System i (AS/400)
Brad Adams
IBM Software, Rational
05/13/14
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Rational Developer for i
A Very Little Bit About Me
That’s me
• 35+ years in IT
• Joined Rational Software in 1999
• Became IBM employee in 2003 when
IBM acquired Rational
• Specialist in Rational products for
System z and System i
• 2 grandkids (in picture) and 1 more on
the way!
• Live in the great state of Texas
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History of IBM Development Tools for IBM i
Rational Development
Studio for i
RDi v7.5
RDi for SOA
Construction
v7.5
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ADTS
WDSC
1988
2003
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2008
2010
RDp v8.0
RDp v8.5
RDi v9.0
RDi v9.0.1
2011
2012
06/2013
12/2013
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ADTS/PDM/SEU Status
 ADTS/PDM/SEU are stabilized
– (i.e. no new features will be added)
 As of V6R1
 You cannot take advantage of new
COBOL/RPG/ILE language features in
V7R1
 New RPG features will be supported in RDi
 MERGE, Array Support, Global Variables,
and consuming result sets in RPG and
COBOL
 RPG Open Access – redirect RPG IV
native I/O operations to other devices
 Free-form RPG
 No cut/paste/copy, text search, or content assist
 Poor or no integration with other tools
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Features of Rational Developer for i
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Modern, Eclipse-based, development tools for IBM i
Visual editors, outline views, content assist, integrated language help
Integrated file management, search, edit, compile/build, debug capabilities
Analysis tools (application diagram, call hierarchies, type hierarchies)
Easily debug batch, interactive, and Web applications and Web services with a common
visual debugger
• Visual design tools: Screen and Report Designer
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Free-Form RPG
 RDi
– Support added in v9.0.1
 ARCAD-Transformer
– Eclipse plug-in for RDi
– Single or bulk
conversion
– Support for the latest
compiler specs (C, H, F,
D, and P)
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IBM Rational Developer for i RPG/COBOL +
Modernization Tools, Java Edition
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IBM Rational Developer for i RPG/COBOL +
Modernization Tools, EGL Edition
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EGL Development
Java Development
IBM Rational Developer for i RPG & COBOL Tools
Edition
RPG/COBOL
Development
RPG Web Services
Development
Editions of Rational Developer for i
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Benefits of Rational Developer for i
 Improve productivity
– Modern development features
– Integrated tools
– Tools to help understand applications
– Customizable environment
 Lower learning curve for other technologies
– Java
– Web
– PHP
– XML
 Based on Eclipse
– Used by many universities
– Familiar to your future workforce
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Getting Started
 Learning Resources
– System i Sandbox - This is a Citrix environment in which you can learn RDi without having to install the
product locally. You can download the exercises and customize them for your environment.
– RDi v9.x Information Center - This is the documentation center for RDi.
– Making the transition from PDM and SEU to RDi - This content is actually in the Information Center.
– YouTube video on RDi - This is a 51-minute overview of RDi.
– YouTube video of Screen and Report Designers - This video is 63 minutes long.
– RDi videos on the IBM Education Assistant
– RDi v9.0.1 installation bits – This version supports free-form RPG. It can be installed “on top of” v9.0.
 Other
– COMMON conference
– Innovate conference (Rational brand, early June)
– RDi user forum
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Accelerating Product and Service Innovation
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Accelerating Product and Service Innovation
Coming Soon … RDi v9.1!
 New features
– Line level code coverage
– Enhancements to the basic development tools (such as editor, outline view, and debugger) to support the
expanded scope of RPG free-form syntax (H, F, D, and P statements) that is now supported by the ILE
RPG compiler
– Support for enhancements to RPG and CL that will be delivered with the next release of the compilers
– Enhancements to the Outline View and RSE View
 Available to Passport Advantage customers on May 23rd and to AAS customers on June 13th
 RDi v9.1 Announcement Letter
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© 2013 IBM Corporation
Brad
Adams
Accelerating Product and Service Innovation
btadams@us.ibm.com
281-639-9072
www.ibm.com/software/rational
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