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Trending Up Together: Vue.js and PWAs

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While you may be drowning in the jargon and acronyms of the tech world’s rapid evolution, one term you should know is PWA, which stands for progressive web app. Why? PWA’s may represent over half of all web development, overtaking mobile and native apps in the next year. Info World, Smashing Magazine and tech bloggers predicted the trends as early as 2017, not long after Vue.js gained momentum in the development world. The two might have a synergy worth investigating for web app development. What is a PWA? A progressive web app generally has the following characteristics: A web-based page design that operates and responds like an app on any device. Development with API’s such as Service Workers, JSON, Web App Manifest, and Trusted Web Activities. In other words, a PWA is a web page that behaves like an app for users. It presents a frontend as slick and interactive as any native app, but it can work offline, push notifications, and track users’ locations. Furt...
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Why RPG is important for mission critical applications?

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  RPG for modern day software applications may sound a bit off the track to those who are not aware of its advancements and extravagant features. But yes, this is true that today RPG is used for several ERP’s and mission critical business applications, based on RPG IV. This transformation is not a result of a day or two efforts but because RPG IV is enabled to provide an interactive programming environment to  RPGLE or RPG Programmers . It is integrated with the state-of-the-art security features has seamless association with IoT and Watson AI. IBMi today is the platform of choice for secure and data loaded business applications. The language has gained wide acceptance because it is a fully functional high level language and is run on leading IBMi or AS400 series   The transformation of RPG The transformation of RPG from a report generation tool to a highly proficient language has been adventurous.   RPG was upgraded to RPG II fin 1960’s following the developme...
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Top 5 Boilerplates for Vue JS Development in 2020

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Vue Js development has seen a sudden rise recently. Developers, both old and new are exploring this new gem in the development market as it has eased a lot of programming and coding tasks. One of the major features is the use of Boilerplates. They help in quickly starting the main programming and focus on much more important things required in the project. Boilerplates used for Vue JS development together with reusable components boost development and maintain the code very well. What are Boilerplates? New Vue JS developers should know that boilerplates are pre-configured projects created to quickly start the development of larger applications. They follow best practices for the technologies that they come with and provide up to date documentation on how to use and extend them. There is only one drawback that once you start developing on top of one, it is hard to keep track of its future updates, as you have to apply them manually.    Top 5 Boilerplates helpful in Vue...
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How to be a productive IBM i/AS400 Developer

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  IBM i or AS400 programmers are hard to find in this world where modern technology, languages and platforms are venturing everyday. New programmers are running to learn the latest technologies but they do not know what IBM i has in its treasure box. Big tech giants, enterprises, industries rely on IBM power systems even today because there is no such OS like IBM i that can handle mission critical tasks securely and professionally. RPG developers have a lot of scope in their career as these organizations are always on a hunt for productive IBM i/AS400 developers.   Here are a few things that IBM I programmers can keep in mind to enhance their productivity and value: 1.Learning new skills Knowledge of RPG is the greatest strength and if it is added with new skills it can make your career shine bright. So, its time that the developers look into learning some new advancements, allow for improved productivity, agility and the development of high performance  applicati...
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