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Why is the AS400 Still in Demand in 2024?
There is a popular opinion that the AS400 system is outdated and not in the same demand as it used to be. But is it so? What benefits does the AS400 offer that today's businesses can't afford to miss? What about an IBM i modernization? Let's figure it out. What Is...
What is an AS/400? Understanding Its Role Today
Although AS400 software was developed at the end of the last century, it is still popular and frequently used today. In this article, we will look at what AS400 is, what are the benefits of using it, its scope, and also what alternative names exist. We will also...
Software Development Estimation: A Quick Guide
Software development estimation is a critical aspect of your project. Without it, you can’t create the budget. For example, you are working on a legacy application modernization project. You need to accurately forecast the required time and effort before starting the...
Boosting Developer Productivity: Metrics, Tips, and Tools
Businesses establish specific development standards for application modernization to evaluate the software developer's performance in a given timeframe. Based on these standards, developer productivity is evaluated. These metrics assist businesses in identifying...
Announcing new Visual LANSA EPC for v15+: Win11 support, new UI updates, and more
We’re very pleased to release EPC150050 for Visual LANSA v15. This EPC release builds on the feature set of Visual LANSA v15+, which introduced Progressive Web Application support, providing developers with a quick and easy way to create progressive web apps (PWAs)...
Software Quality Metrics: Selecting The Right Metrics For Your Project
Monitoring software quality metrics is essential in the development process of any project. Using them, managers can analyze the processes that take place within the team, assessing the developers' productivity, planning the next projects, determining the need for...
RPG Programming Language: All you Need to Know
If you have worked on IBM i application development, you must have heard about RPG programming language. Developers use it on a IBM system – the AS400 or iSeries. But what is RPG? What is it used for? Should you start learning it? In this article, you will find all...
IBM i Developer Productivity Tools For Working Smarter, Not Harder
Today, most businesses invest in digital IBM i modernization tools to modernize legacy applications and increase their IBM i developer productivity. Whether you're talking about managing your time, infrastructure management, tasks, or content, there are almost...
How IBM i Modernization Companies Can Reduce Technical Debt
We often hear that 'change is the only constant'. This is certainly true in the world of software development. New products constantly come on stream and managers must make decisions on which of these to implement. Often they simply wait. The result can be 'technical...
What Are Software Metrics? How Can I Measure These Metrics?
Monitoring software development team productivity can provide crucial insights into productivity. Software efficiency metrics are often used to track various characteristics of an application. Understanding the software metrics is important in determining software...
How Can A Software Engineering Team Measure Productivity?
When seeking to determine the success of any business activity, measurement of productivity is one of the very first things that managers reach for. The impulse behind this is understandable. By reducing complex processes to a set of numbers, we are in a better...
Modernizing IBM i Applications: Transform Green Screen To GUI
The most obvious example of how IBM i applications have evolved over the past 40 years is the user interface. Earlier IBM i screens were one color, green on a black background (thus we know the term "green screen"), while later models only supported a few colors. Now,...