Glad to have you back for this week's IBM i Pulse! Each week we'll take a deeper look at the latest IBM i and Profound Logic news. This week we are looking at the new Authority Collections features and how to build a chat app with the new IBM tool Node-RED. 

From Our Experts:

• Brian May shares his Scary RPG Developer Habits with his latest MC Press Online article. 

Profound Logic News:

• Profound UI Version 6 has a new Fix Pack that is available now!
• Check out the details on the Latest Updates to our Visual Designer.

Educational Resources:

• Here is an Intro to Profound UI DDS Conversion. 
• Learn how IBM i Development is Made Easier with GIT & Profound.js. 

Product News:

• Learn the 3 UI's Used with Profound.js with this Profound Pro Tip.

Industry News:

3 Ways to Use IBM i Authority Collections by Carol Woodbury

Recently the new Authority Collections feature was added to the IBM i and is very easy to use, but not obvious. Carol discusses three scenarios in which you would use Authority Collections and how to solve each of those scenarios. Those scenarios include:

• Profiles with Too Much Authority - This scenario could include a service account that has been granted *ALLOBJ special authority because you may not be able to determine which authority is actually required. Authority Collections can help with this. 
• Authority Failure Occurs - A user could receive an authority failure notification and the audit journal won't list what authority is required. Authority Collections can help with this. 
• Determining Where Authority Is Coming From - A developer believes he secured an object, but users are still able to access it. The developer can not determine where the user is getting their authority. Authority Collections can help with this. 

Read the entire article here

Build a real-time chat app with Node-RED in 5 Minutes by Luiz Gustavo Ferraz Aoqui

The folks over at IBM Developer have put out a great article on the power of Node-RED, which is a new open-source tool created by the IBM Emerging Technology team. This open-source tool lets you build applications by simply wiring pieces together. These pieces can be hardware devices, web API's, or even online services. In this article, they give you a step by step process to build a chat app using Node-RED. All you will need to follow along is an IBM cloud account and basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 

Step 1: Create your Node-RED Application
Step 2: Import the Code
Step 3: Deploy and run the Application 
Step 4: Explaining the Code