Important resources for anyone interested in open source on IBM i
- Node.js itoolkit
- Node.js odbc module
- Node.js idb-connector module
- Node.js idb-pconnector module
- Loopback (Node.js API framework) connector
- Python itoolkit
- Python SQLAlchemy Adapter
- XMLService
- ODBC driver
- PostgreSQL
- PHP options for IBM i
- Ruby on IBM i
- IBM i chroot containers
- IBM i Open Source Chat on Ryver (must first join at this link)
- IBM i Community Slack
- IBM Community pages for IBM i
- IBMiOSS LinkedIn group
- #IBMiOSS hashtag on Twitter
- JORI + IBM i: Designing digital transformation
- FormaServ video library
- The Beareddd Geek on IBM i - Youtube Channel
| Company (link) | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| SAIB | Using Node.js to integrate with Amazon Alexa |
| Genetco | Updating their ERP system and implementing new GUI interfaces |
| Trans Am Piping Products | Using PHP to redesign their website and increase productivity |
| Magid | Transforming green screen UIs to PHP |
| JDS Industries | Several digital transformation projects us PHP, including mobile and Google Maps integration |
| Hatco Corporation | Using PHP for web presence, and git for source control |
| Stonetales Properties | Using Node.js to build new solutions when acquiring another company |
| FormaServ Systems | Using Node.js to enable and streamline digital tax filing in the UK |
| RPC Superfos | Using open source languages such as Python and Node.js for frontend user interface modernization |
| King III Solutions | Using PHP in a loosely-coupled fashion to modernize and build new solutions |
| H/T Bendix | Using Node.js for web presence and product catalog |
| ORIS | Using Drupal and other open source technologies to create an online portal for rental properties |
| Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation | Using open source to digitally transform air ambulance operations |
| Sunstate | Using PHP to digitize and streamline parts procurement |
| Mutual Distributing Company | Leveraging multiple languages, including RPG, Node.js, Ruby, Python and PHP, to enable web presence and mobile integration |
| Company (link) | Synopsis | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| CRAS | Deployed Node-RED to integrate with PLC IoT devices | "The ability to run the latest open source software alongside unmodified code from the 1980s is surely unheard of on any other platform, and this offers huge value to our business in terms of reducing both ongoing risk and costs in IT." |
| Deknudt Frames | Using open source to revitalize its e-commerce platform | "what’s really interesting is that this up-to-date, open source solution runs side-by-side and fully integrated with trusted core business systems originally coded in the 1970s." |
| Fibrocrit | Using open source to modernize its project management and design processes | "The fact that the platform supports open source solutions means that we can leverage the very best technology and benefit from the support and development of the open source community while avoiding inhibitive licensing costs." |
| Winsol | Replaced manufacturing-control terminals across its shop floor, connecting to new open source software | "Everything – both core business systems and the new open source solutions – runs on IBM i, so reliability is perfect as always. And the faster processes have certainly made our lives easier." |
| Kube-Pak | Integrating open source with battle-tested core business logic | "We can develop in C, PHP, Java – there’s now a full range of open source software on the platform that meshes seamlessly with the core technologies that we’ve been running for decades" |
| JORI | Built a 3D configurator using open source | "What’s really cool is that this innovative, open-source solution is fully integrated with application code and business rules that our client has entrusted to i since the 1980s." |