Hands-on Tutorials
These are tutorials we give at conferences. You can use a no-cost Litmis Space so you don’t have to set anything up on your machine. Email team@litmis.com with questions.
Node.js Intro
Est Time: 2 – 4hrs
What You’ll Learn
- Hello World
- The Node.js REPL
- Short Javascript Intro
- Node Package Manager (npm)
- Connecting to DB2
- Write full C.R.U.D. (Create, Read, Update, Delete) app
Ruby On Rails Intro
Est Time: 2 – 4hrs
What You’ll Learn
- Use code generators to build a C.R.U.D. app using a single command
- Validating input
- Unit testing
- Add a search feature to a grid
- Add paging feature to a grid
- Install gems
Articles
The following articles have been published in industry trade magazines and focus on a variety of topics surrounding Open Source on IBM i.Need help with any of these articles? Check out our Jump Start Program or contact team@litmis.com.
“Hapi to Authenticate You”, published by MC Press Online on 08/11/17
“Node.js DB2 Connection Pool”, published by MC Press Online on 06/16/17
“Node.js iToolkit Mods”, published by MC Press Online on 05/11/17
“Node.js JoinJS”, published by MC Press Online on 04/13/17
“Node.js Unit Testing”, published by MC Press Online on 03/03/17
“Node.js on Linux with JDBC Connection to DB2 for i”, published by MC Press Online on 02/03/17
“Trees Are Good for Climbing and More”, published by MC Press Online on 01/13/17
“IFS Containers Part 3, Package Installation”, published by MC Press Online on 12/09/16
“IFS Containers Part 2, Automation with IBM i Chroot”, published by MC Press Online on 11/11/16
“Going Beyond Hello World”, published by IT Jungle on 11/01/16
“IFS Containers (part 1)”, published by MC Press Online on 10/21/16
“Edit IFS Files with SSHFS and VisualStudio Code”, published by MC Press Online on 9/09/16
“DB2 Adapter for Shells”, published by MC Press Online on 8/12/16
“Open Source, Dipping Toes”, published by MC Press Online on 7/8/16
“Open Source on IBM i Gets Hot Hot Hot”, published by MC Press Online on 6/10/16
“Why Node.js?”, published by IT Jungle on 5/3/16
“Shoot for Orion with your RPG”, published by MC Press Online on 4/13/16
“Let’s Encrypt, Together”, published by MC Press Online on 4/8/16
“Riding the Rails (Part 3)”, published by MC Press Online on 3/11/16
“Riding the Rails (Part 2)”, published by MC Press Online on 2/12/16
“A (root) Change for the Better (part II)”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 1/20/16
“Riding the Rails, Part 1”, published by MC Press Online on 1/15/16
“Front-end your Application Servers with Nginx”, published by MC Press Online on 12/18/15
“A (root) Change for the Better”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 12/2/15
“Drivers, Start Your Nginx!”, published by MC Press Online on 11/20/15
“Securing your Node.js App”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 11/4/15
“Embrace Auto-Updating IBM i Performance Stats in Real Time”, published by MC Press Online 10/30/15
“IBM Watson, talk to me”, published by MC Press Online on 10/2/15
“Creating CRUD”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 9/16/15
“Git to Bit(bucket)”, published by MC Press Online on 8/28/15
“Get Rolling with Python on IBM i”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 8/12/15
“Installing Git on IBM i”, published by MC Press Online on 7/31/15
“How to Contribute to Open Source Projects”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 7/14/15
“Community Developed Dashboard with Node and DB2”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 6/1/15
“Node.js is Genius with WebSockets”, published by MC Press Online on 5/29/15
“Riding ExpressJs and Node.js to the Web”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 5/13/15
“Ruby and Existing Databases”, published by IT Jungle on 5/5/15
“Node.js is here. What to do?”, published by MC Press Online on 4/24/15
“Ruby and DSLs and Blocks”, published by IT Jungle on 4/21/15
“Explaining Node Package Manager”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 4/14/15
“IBM i Toolkit for Ruby – iit for short”, published by IT Jungle on 4/7/15
“Ruby Talks to DB2 for i”, published by MC Press Online on 4/3/15
“A Ruby and RPG Conversation”, published by IT Jungle on 3/16/15
“Node Nods to RPG and DB2”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 3/10/15
“Sinatra Sings, Ruby Plays”, published by MC Press Online on 3/6/15
“Git to GitHub”, published by IT Jungle on 3/3/15
“Native Javascript Applications on IBM i with Node.js”, published by IBM developerWorks on 2/26/15
“Ruby on Rails, Node.js, and Litmis.com” via iTalk with Tuohy, published by IBM Systems Magazine – Feb 2015
“Node, The First Kiss”, published by IBM Systems Magazine on 2/11/15
“Git To It”, published by IT Jungle on 2/10/15
“Trying on a Ruby Ring”, published by MC Press Online on 2/6/15
“Knee Deep in Ruby Waters”, published by IT Jungle on 1/27/15
“Testing the Ruby Waters”, published by IT Jungle on 9/24/14
“Bash is not a Shell Game”, published by IT Jungle on 9/17/14
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