CM First would like to invite all interested parties to the following event: Join experts Aaron Bartell, Alan Seiden, Dennis Schmidt, Paul Tuohy, and Scott Salisbury for a free, all-inclusive, one-day conference.. This event will cover everything you need to know when developing for mobile or web apps from JavaScript to RPG to HTML 5

Please check out the CA Plex/2E Global User Community Webcast on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 10am EDT. Topic: CA Plex Release 7.0 has new features to further meet the user community’s requirements for simplifying modernizing applications, simplifying development workflows and integrating web services into their application deployments. Rob Layzell, the CA Plex architect will

CM First is Going ‘Mobile’ on the Trade Show Circuit in October September 30, 2012   CM First is participating in two events this October that will see the company continue support for application modernization through web and mobile development. On the heels of the CM WebClient 1.8 release, CM First will be sponsoring the

CM First Announces Release of CM WebClient 1.8 with New Features Meant to Speed Web and Mobile Application Development from Legacy IBM i Code September 12, 2012   CM First is pleased to formally announce the 1.8 version of CM WebClient. In this latest release the company has introduced various enhancements to extend the ability

I will be adding some basic navigation tips so someone new to 2E can learn how to do some of the simple tasks. One of the biggest challenges facing a person just starting in 2E is the learn the navigation.  As time passes, the fingers will do the walking and you will hardly have to

CM First Expands Partnership with CA Technologies August 30, 2012   On June 25th, 2012, CA extended its global channel partner program to include many of the products in its mainframe software portfolio. CM First is pleased to announce that they have joined CA Technologies’ enhanced channel program as a primary partner for North America

The basic steps to transform your 2E 5250 screens into a web application are very straight forward. 1. Install and configure the Web Option server. 2. Create a Web Option environment from your 2E model. 3. Identify the screens that will be needed for the application. 4. Generate the HTML Skeletons for the identified screens.

Introduction Developers that have started using CM WebClient 1.8 Mobile’s touch optimized templates usually find that creating a mobile web app deployment is straightforward. But while deployment as a web app is acceptable for some, other developers creating commercial and specialized applications often benefit from native deployment. For example, you may need to use the

What are the 5 relation types and describe each one? •The ‘Known by’ relation defines a primary key field or identifying key field.  You can have as many of these identifying keys defined as required for a unique record key. •A ‘Qualified by’ relation is another identifying key field.  These are used

Is Java truly write once run everywhere? In years past, it was often not the case but in the modern day it is more or less true. And you can run your Plex Java apps on many platforms with good performance, given a supported database and JRE. This is a very nice situation for the