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8:00am PDT

Improving Software Quality via Development and Testing

Thursday May 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am PDT

Amazon

Do you know all of the things you should be considering when writing and testing your software? In this session, testing expert Yvonne Enselman teams up with programming expert Scott Klement to discuss all of the things you should be considering when testing your software if you want to achieve the highest quality result.

Although examples are provided in RPG, the concepts discussed in this session apply to software development in all environments.

Speakers

Scott Klement

Managing Partner, ORC LLC

Thursday May 22, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Amazon 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Program Testing

9:15am PDT

IBM Navigator for i – As seen by Scott

Thursday May 22, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am PDT

Amazon

In this new session, Scott will explore IBM Navigator for i features and demonstrate how this feature rich GUI is built upon the shoulders of SQL. We’ll spend time exploring new Navigator features, as well as the well-established. Finally, Scott will show how users can start with Navigator, but finish with VSCode4i or ACS, for those situations not handled by Navigator.
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-navigator-i

Speakers

Scott Forstie

STSM, Db2 for i Architect, IBM

Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →

Thursday May 22, 2025 9:15am - 10:15am PDT
Amazon 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Systems Management

11:15am PDT

DevOps Overview

Thursday May 22, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT

Amazon

DevOps is not just about tooling, but rather it is a changed mindset that encompasses Development, Operations, and users/stakeholders as well. This session aims to not only answer many of the high-level questions you might have about DevOps, but also to provide concrete examples of implementing DevOps in IBM i organizations.
Learn about some of the common roadblocks that many organizations have when trying to move to DevOps, and some of the steps that can be taken to overcome those obstacles. Most importantly, this presentation should help to convince you that DevOps is not a passing fad that is going to take resources away from your "real" projects, but rather it is a fundamental shift that will make development faster, more efficient, more responsive, and (most importantly, to many) less costly with minimal investment.

Speakers

Pavan Thute

Senior Software Engineer, Rocket Software, Rocket Software

Pavan is a Senior Software Engineer with 15 years of experience in IBM i technology, has worked as an AS400 developer, team lead, and corporate trainer.He has contributed to companies like IBM, ANZ, Mphasis, CETAS Shipping and conducted IBM i training for organizations such as UST... Read More →

Kuldip Vikram

Principal Architect, Rocket Software

Kuldip is a Principal Architect at Rocket Software responsible for modernizing IBMi applications/workloads and their development through a combination of pure/hybrid Cloud deployments and Generative AI.He has a rich and diverse experience architecting, designing, developing, and deploying... Read More →

Andrew Clark

Andrew Clark has been working on the IBM i platform for more than 30 years, beginning with the "secret Mankato Project" on a pre-release version of os/400, and an internship at IBM Rochester working on the Query team. He has development expertise in more than a dozen languages on... Read More →

John Joiner

Thursday May 22, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT
Amazon 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

DevOps

1:30pm PDT

How Refactoring Helps Bulletproof Your Application

Thursday May 22, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT

Amazon

Old program code creates technical debt and makes it difficult to maintain robust applications. In this session, we will discuss what refactoring is and how it is important to creating applications that are robust and "bulletproof." We will show an example of rewriting an old monolithic program in a new modular style, and explain the different aspects of it and how it allows for better testing and quality assurance.

This is a joint session between programming expert Scott Klement and software testing expert Yvonne Enselman, allowing you to see refactoring from both a tester and programmer perspective.

Although some RPG examples are provided, the concepts apply to any software coded in any environment.

Speakers

Yvonne Enselman

Owner, Yvonne Enselman Professional Services

Scott Klement

Managing Partner, ORC LLC

Thursday May 22, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
Amazon 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Program Testing

3:30pm PDT

ListAgg and Split – Grouping, Aggregating and Dividing again

Thursday May 22, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT

Amazon

Almost everybody working with SQL knows the GROUP BY specification for accumulating identical information. Those queries are quite often combined with aggregate functions such as SUM() or AVG().
With the multi-dimensional grouping it is possible to also add all kinds of sub-totals as well as a grand total to the queries.
In composition with CASE clauses it is possible to accumulate information and return the data in different columns, for example monthly or quarterly sales per customer. Pivot tables can be easily created … as long as the number of output columns is fixed.
Sometimes, however, we have to accumulate information that is located in multiple rows in a single row, for example all items in an order. Unfortunately, the number of output columns (i.e. Items) may differ. However, with the LISTAGG aggregate function a string containing the different information separated by a comma (or any individual separation string) can be built.
As far as good … but how to split a string with multiple information separated by a comma or any other individual separation string? No problem with the SPLIT service! … in composition with other services even *.csv files located in the IFS can be decomposed

Speakers

Birgitta Hauser

Database and Software Architect, IBM Champion, Birgitta Hauser - Modernization - Education - Consulting

Birgitta Hauser worked on the IBM i and its predecessors since 1992. She graduated with a business economics diploma, and started programming on the AS/400 in 1992. She worked and works as traditional RPG Programmer but also as Database and Software Engineer, focusing on IBM i application... Read More →

Thursday May 22, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Amazon 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802

Database