All-Day Education

Upcoming COMMON Webinar: Web Services and XML for RPGers

Presenter: Scott Klement, scottklement.com August 16, 2012 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Central Time - All-Day, Focused Education http://www.common.org/index.php/webinars

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Web services have taken the world of IT by storm. Many RPG shops are planning to utilize them either as a consumer, for example to track UPS shipments, or as a provider, to provide an alternative interface to existing application functionality. One of the core technologies in a web service is XML. In this seminar, Scott will provide an introduction to the world of web services, explaining how they work and demystifying some of the buzz-words like SOAP, REST, XML and WSDL. He will also explain the structure of an XML document, and terms like tag, element and attribute. After studying the basics of XML and web services, you will learn how to parse XML with RPG's built-in XML-INTO and XML-SAX opcodes, as well as Scott's open source HTTPAPI tool kit. Then you will learn how an RPG program can be used as a web service, and finally how web services can be accessed (or "consumed") by an RPG program utilizing Scott's free HTTPAPI tool. The session provides code examples of all of the functions discussed, and provides live demos.

Learning Objectives:

* Understand XML and how to read and write XML from RPG

* Understand Web Services, and how to provide them from RPG

* Understand how to call Web Services from RPG

About Scott Klement:

Scott Klement is the I.T. Manager and Senior Programmer at Klement Sausage Co, Inc. He is also a senior technical editor for System iNEWS magazine (formerly known as NEWS/400). His efforts to help RPG programmers improve their skills have earned Scott many awards and accolades. Scott lives with his wife and son in Milwaukee, WI.

Learn more and register online for this Webinar at http://www.common.org/index.php/webinars

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Webinars are a series of live web-based seminars on leading edge topics to meet the increasing educational needs of the COMMON community. Delivered over multiple sessions and conducted by industry-leading experts, COMMON Webinars provide focused education at a minimized cost. Learn and interact with the presenter right from your desk!

The fee is $149 to COMMON members, providing a competitive value and allowing you to take advantage of your membership benefits. Non-members may also participate for a fee of $249.

Webinar Facts:

* Multiple hours of comprehensive web-based education on      

leading edge topics.

* Presented by industry experts.

* Focused, interactive education.

* Great value for COMMON members ($149) and non-members ($249)

alike.

* Access to iSociety discussions with the presenter and other

participants.

* Receive webinar handouts.

Learn more and register online at

http://www.common.org/index.php/webinars