An application in 10 lines of code The i7 Framework for System i Ivo Jansch <ivo@ibuildings.nl>

Ivo Jansch <ivo@ibuildings.nl>

Contents About Ibuildings About PHP The i7 Framework Demo Requirements Support options

About Ibuildings

About PHP

The i7 Framework

Demo

Requirements

Support options

About Ibuildings Company Founded in 1999 Based in the Netherlands Today: 50+ employees in 4 offices (Amsterdam, Vlissingen, Sittard and London) Technology (open source) background Main activities Technology & Development Business Solutions PHP support & consultancy

Company

Founded in 1999

Based in the Netherlands

Today: 50+ employees in 4 offices (Amsterdam, Vlissingen, Sittard and London)

Technology (open source) background

Main activities

Technology & Development

Business Solutions

PHP support & consultancy

What is PHP? PHP is an easy to use, open source scripting language Designed for web application development 4.5+ Million PHP Developers PHP is the leading scripting language on the Internet 22+ Million Internet domains Outpacing Microsoft’s ASP Thousands of PHP applications are available Web applications tied to databases Content management Wikis and Blogs Business software

PHP is an easy to use, open source scripting language

Designed for web application development

4.5+ Million PHP Developers

PHP is the leading scripting language on the Internet

22+ Million Internet domains

Outpacing Microsoft’s ASP

Thousands of PHP applications are available

Web applications tied to databases

Content management

Wikis and Blogs

Business software

Why is PHP popular? The Migration to Web Applications When did you last install a desktop application? Emerging generation of software services (Web2.0) Web becoming the new UI to existing backend applications PHP is the perfect Web Integration Platform Perfect front-end glue language Best support for browser based rich client applications (Ajax) Strong support for Web Services, XML & legacy systems Powerful SOA capabilities enable new IT approaches (“mashable assets”) PHP is backed by a very strong community Very easy to learn and adopt ~ 1000 committers, ~ 4.5M developers (corporate/community) Thousands of opensource projects and applications Hundreds of thousands of commercial deployments

The Migration to Web Applications

When did you last install a desktop application?

Emerging generation of software services (Web2.0)

Web becoming the new UI to existing backend applications

PHP is the perfect Web Integration Platform

Perfect front-end glue language

Best support for browser based rich client applications (Ajax)

Strong support for Web Services, XML & legacy systems

Powerful SOA capabilities enable new IT approaches (“mashable assets”)

PHP is backed by a very strong community

Very easy to learn and adopt

~ 1000 committers, ~ 4.5M developers (corporate/community)

Thousands of opensource projects and applications

Hundreds of thousands of commercial deployments

Why use PHP on System-i? Easy to learn with a large support community Easy way to 'webify' existing System-i apps (compared to Java) Most popular server side language on the Web Fairly lightweight runtime environment Easy to administer (Zend provides tools) Provides many extensions for particular programming tasks Database APIs (DB2, MySQL, Oracle, SQLServer, etc.) i5 PHP Toolkit (only available with Zend Core or Zend Platform) XML PDF Cryptography Web services

Easy to learn with a large support community

Easy way to 'webify' existing System-i apps (compared to Java)

Most popular server side language on the Web

Fairly lightweight runtime environment

Easy to administer (Zend provides tools)

Provides many extensions for particular programming tasks

Database APIs (DB2, MySQL, Oracle, SQLServer, etc.)

i5 PHP Toolkit (only available with Zend Core or Zend Platform)

XML

PDF

Cryptography

Web services

Application areas Zend's June 2003 market snapshot of the PHP community. The survey had over 10,000 respondents. http://www.zend.com/zend/php_survey_results.php

Zend's June 2003 market snapshot of the PHP community. The survey had over 10,000 respondents.

http://www.zend.com/zend/php_survey_results.php

PHP on System-i Zend Core is a distribution of PHP Maintained through a partnership between IBM and Zend Native DB2/400 UDB/Cloudscape support WebEnabler Technology Zend Studio Server for remote debugging Everything you need to get started You can download Zend Core for free Contains everything you need to start building applications (Apache web server, PHP 5.x.x and most common extensions)

Zend Core is a distribution of PHP

Maintained through a partnership between IBM and Zend

Native DB2/400 UDB/Cloudscape support

WebEnabler Technology

Zend Studio Server for remote debugging

Everything you need to get started

You can download Zend Core for free

Contains everything you need to start building applications (Apache web server, PHP 5.x.x and most common extensions)

PHP on System-i i5 Toolkit API Native access System i objects : Programs, Service programs(*SRVPGM) and CL commands Spooled file, Data Queue, User Space, Job logs Shipped with Zend products Zend core for i5/OS Geared towards accessing i5 data and resources from PHP Similar in purpose to the IBM Toolbox for Java

i5 Toolkit API

Native access System i objects :

Programs, Service programs(*SRVPGM) and CL commands

Spooled file, Data Queue, User Space, Job logs

Shipped with Zend products

Zend core for i5/OS

Geared towards accessing i5 data and resources from PHP

Similar in purpose to the IBM Toolbox for Java

The i7 Framework i5 + PHP + ATK = i7

i5 + PHP + ATK = i7

i7 Framework Business application development i7 is an object oriented Web Application Framework, written in PHP Targeted at developers who wish to focus on business logic, instead of coding HTML

Business application development

i7 is an object oriented Web Application Framework, written in PHP

Targeted at developers who wish to focus on business logic, instead of coding HTML

i7 Framework Provides a complete framework that requires only small amounts of code to get usable applications, while maintaining full flexibility. Open technology Based on the Open Source Achievo ATK framework Ported to System-i Supported version

Provides a complete framework that requires only small amounts of code to get usable applications, while maintaining full flexibility.

Open technology

Based on the Open Source Achievo ATK framework

Ported to System-i

Supported version

Software stack i5/OS Zend Core (PHP) i7 Framework Your application

i7 philosophy Very Rapid Application Development Code minimization (10 lines of code…) “ Don’t reinvent the wheel” “ Don’t Repeat Yourself” principle 80/20 rule Versatile Supports many databases Runs out of the box Dependencies are bundled PHP4 / PHP5 Customizable Modular system Customize i7 Customize your own software

Very Rapid Application Development

Code minimization (10 lines of code…)

“ Don’t reinvent the wheel”

“ Don’t Repeat Yourself” principle

80/20 rule

Versatile

Supports many databases

Runs out of the box

Dependencies are bundled

PHP4 / PHP5

Customizable

Modular system

Customize i7

Customize your own software

i7 Demo Demo…

Demo…

i7 features For the user Uniform interface CRUD functionality Data search functionality Themes Internationalization (15+ languages) AJAX features For the developer Database abstraction layer (MySQL, DB2, Oracle Model Driven Architecture (MDA) Relationship modeling (e.g. 1:N, N:1, N:M db relations) Flexible authentication & authorization Reuse of System-i resources Application session management Out of the box, but 100% customizable

For the user

Uniform interface

CRUD functionality

Data search functionality

Themes

Internationalization (15+ languages)

AJAX features

For the developer

Database abstraction layer (MySQL, DB2, Oracle

Model Driven Architecture (MDA)

Relationship modeling (e.g. 1:N, N:1, N:M db relations)

Flexible authentication & authorization

Reuse of System-i resources

Application session management

Out of the box, but 100% customizable

i7 is NOT… A component framework Zend Framework ezComponents PEAR These provide components to build applications i7 builds the application A code generator Code needs to be maintained An IDE But it plays nice with Zend Studio

A component framework

Zend Framework

ezComponents

PEAR

These provide components to build applications

i7 builds the application

A code generator

Code needs to be maintained

An IDE

But it plays nice with Zend Studio

Requirements i5/OS V5R3 or V5R4 Zend Core 2.0 (when using PHP db2 driver) 2.5 (when using native i5 driver) The i7 Framework An editor (Zend Studio)

i5/OS V5R3 or V5R4

Zend Core

2.0 (when using PHP db2 driver)

2.5 (when using native i5 driver)

The i7 Framework

An editor (Zend Studio)

Subscription model Fees primarily based on support Support models:

Fees primarily based on support

Support models:

Services Training PHP Object Oriented Programming i7 Consultancy Architecture Audits Development services Projects Outplacement

Training

PHP

Object Oriented Programming

i7

Consultancy

Architecture

Audits

Development services

Projects

Outplacement

Development Model Evolutionary development Grow as needed Community contributions Sponsorship Generalization Careful selection of development layer Need something twice -> generalize Quality control Unit Testing Documentation Wiki

Evolutionary development

Grow as needed

Community contributions

Sponsorship

Generalization

Careful selection of development layer

Need something twice -> generalize

Quality control

Unit Testing

Documentation

Wiki

Questions?

More info Visit these websites for more information about Ibuildings and the i7 Framework: http://www.ibuildings.nl http://www.i7.nl http://www.achievo.org/blog http://www.zend.com ivo@ibuildings.nl Thank you!

Visit these websites for more information about Ibuildings and the i7 Framework:

http://www.ibuildings.nl

http://www.i7.nl

http://www.achievo.org/blog

http://www.zend.com

ivo@ibuildings.nl

Thank you!