IBM Enterprise Modernization Sandbox

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Sandbox for IBM i

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Need a strategy that lets you build a vital Web 2.0 and SOA environment from your RPG, COBOL, and green-screen applications?

Try the application modernization exercises to learn how RPG and COBOL developers are extending production IBM i® applications to run in more flexible architectures, which allow you to reduce cost and risk, improve productivity, and make cost-effective decisions going forward.

If this is your first visit to the sandbox, be sure to read the Get started tab first.

Log in to the Sandbox now. (If you're a first-time user, you'll be given a chance to register.)

IBM products available in this entry point:

• Rational Business Developer (EGL)
• Rational Developer for i®
• Rational Developer for i for SOA Construction®
• Rational Host Access Transformation Services for 5250
• WebSphere® Application Server
• X-Analysis plugin from Databorough

Explore how IBM products can help you discover and analyze your RPG and COBOL applications. Print the following articles to guide you through this exercise. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Discover and understand RPG applications with X-Analysis and Rational Developer for i (pdf)

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Learn how use modern tools to enhance your development experience. Print the following articles to guide you through this exercise. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Try remote IBM i application development with IBM Rational Developer for i (pdf)
• Explore local IBM i application development with IBM Rational Developer for i (pdf)

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Learn how to transform 5250 application into Web services and Web applications. Print the following articles to guide you through this exercise. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Transform 5250 green screens to Web applications using Rational Host Access Transformation Services for Multiplatforms (pdf)
• Transform 5250 green screens to Web services by using IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services for Multiplatforms (pdf)

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Learn how to create Web services from existing IBM i applications and create Web 2.0 applications with EGL. Print the following articles to guide you through this exercise. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Build Web 2.0 applications using EGL (pdf)
• Creating and consuming Web services using IBM Rational Business Developer and Enterprise Generation Language (pdf)
• Call IBM i programs from EGL using Rational Business Developer (pdf)
• Using the EGL Services wizard to create EGL Service definitions for IBM i programs (pdf)

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Although no formal support is available for the Sandbox, you'll find a wealth of resources available from our Rational Café communities.

Café communities for EGL, RPG, C/C++, and COBOL offer online discussion forums where you can ask questions or provide answers. These communities host blogs of the IBM development teams that create the products and provide free downloads of code samples, white papers, training manuals, videos, and other documents related to enterprise modernization solutions.

Learn more about the Application modernization entry point in the Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for IBM i.

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