Who's ready for COMMON 2015? We are!

We look forward to the Annual Meeting and Exposition all year long. We love meeting
IBM i developers from all over the world, and every year we're excited to see new faces. COMMON is also a great opportunity for us to do something we love: educating IBM i users! This year, Profound Logic employees will be giving over 15 sessions and labs throughout the conference! That doesn't include the 1/2 day seminar we're hosting with Arcad Software on April 25.

Our sessions run a wide gamut of topics that include Web 2.0 development, RPG Open Access, Mobile development, Web services, and more. And in addition to those sessions, we're also offering something new: "mini-sessions" at our booth (#202) in the expo hall on Monday and Tuesday afternoon. If you have some time between sessions or after lunch, swing by and see a live demo of our web and mobile development tools, and learn all about the benefits of enterprise modernization.

Here's the complete list of sessions by the Profound Logic Team at COMMON 2015. We hope to see you there - make sure to stop by and introduce yourself!

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Profound Logic Session Guide - All Sessions Subject To Change

Special Event COMMON Session Expo Event

Saturday, April 25

8:30 AM-12:30 PM
Modernize 2015 Seminar (Sponsored by Profound Logic Software and Arcad Software)
Disney Grand California Hotel, Trillium B/C
**All attendees will be entered to win a free COMMON Exposition Guest Pass!**
Speakers include: Alison Butterill, Scott Klement, Ray Bernardi and Charles Guarino
See a complete schedule and register here: http://info.profoundlogic.com/acton/media/4569/ibm-i-modernization-seminar

Sunday, April 26

11:00 AM-12:15 PM
RPG Open Access and Profound UI (570230) & Transforming Green-Screens into Rich Web Apps Using Genie (570226)
Robert Ferguson
Mark Twain (Disneyland Hotel)
In these labs, you will learn how RPG Open Access and Profound UI work together to deliver a native method for creating rich internet applications using standard RPG, and how to quickly web-enable green screens using Genie.

12:30 PM-1:45 PM
Three Approaches to Web with RPG (590467)
Scott Klement
Magic Kingdom Ballroom 3 (Disneyland Hotel )
This session explains the different approaches to creating both Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 applications, and explains the added value of using a Web 2.0 approach. You’ll see the difference between traditional web development and the use of RPG Open Access, along with an Open Access example.

5:30-8:30 PM
Welcome Reception in Exposition
Stop by Profound Logic Software booth #202 to meet the team!

Monday, April 27

9:30 AM-10:45 AM
Native Mobile App Development with PhoneGap (600305)
Alex Roytman
Castle A and B (Disneyland Hotel)
Need to build IBM i Mobile apps that seamlessly support any modern device? PhoneGap is the answer. It’s one of the most innovative and versatile ways to deploy Mobile applications. By the end of the session, attendees will learn how to: Build a basic mobile app using HTML5 on the frontend and RPGLE or PHP on the backend; Package the app with PhoneGap, so it can be deployed as a Native Apple iOS or Android app rather than just a Browser app; Take advantage of native device capabilities, such as capturing photos, geolocation, barcode scanning, and offline storage.

11:00 AM-12:15 PM
Getting Started with APIs from RPG (500131)
Scott Klement
Magic Kingdom Ballroom 3 (Disneyland Hotel)
This session covers the basics of what APIs are, how to find them in the Information Center, how to read the API descriptions and some of the common techniques needed to use them.

11:00 AM-2:00 PM
Expo Open
Stop by Profound Logic Software booth #202 for live product demos and the chance to win prizes!

11:30-11:45 AM
Expo Mini-Session: Mobile Application Development with Profound UI
Stop by Booth #202 in the Expo Hall and see a LIVE demonstration of the powerful mobile development tools integrated within the Profound UI Suite, as well as hear a customer success story.

1:15-1:30 PM
Expo Mini-Session: Enterprise Modernization with Arcad and Profound Logic
Stop by Booth #202 in the Expo Hall and see a LIVE presentation by Profound Logic Software and Arcad Software, and learn how our partnership supports a modern, agile and future-proof IBM i development environment

3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Modernizing Your File I/O with Data Structures (560475)
Brian May
Disneyland Grand Ballroom Center (Disneyland Hotel)
Using Data Structures with I/O operations has been around for a while now. Our friends at Rational continue to build more and more functionality around using Data Structures for I/O because of the restrictions that it eliminates. In this session, we will dive into the various enhancements to database I/O made possible with the use of Data Structures.

6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Attendee Reception in Exposition
Stop by Profound Logic Software booth #202 to see live demonstrations, ask questions and enter to win prizes!

Tuesday, April 28

9:30 AM-10:45 AM
Data Structures and Data Structure Arrays: Making Them Work for You (560474)
Brian May
Disneyland Grand Ballroom Center (Disneyland Hotel)
Most RPG developers use data structures within their code on a daily basis. But, are you using all of the powerful enhancements made to data structures in RPG over the years? This session will bring you up to speed on the many useful features of data structures in modern RPG.

11:00 AM-2:00 PM
Expo Open
Stop by Profound Logic Software booth #202 for live product demos and the chance to win prizes!

11:00 AM-12:15 PM
VENDOR: Perform Modernization Magic with Profound UI and RPG Open Access (600362)
Alex Roytman
Sleeping Beauty Pavilion (Disneyland Hotel)
In this session, Profound Logic CEO Alex Roytman will demonstrate three techniques to produce modern IBM i applications: new application development; green-screen DDS to Rich UI conversion; and 5250 web-enablement. Alex will show you how juggling all three of these techniques is easy - and outright fun - with Profound UI and RPG Open Access!

11:00 AM-12:15 PM
RPG Enhancements for i 7.1 (560478)
Brian May
Disneyland Grand Ballroom Center (Disneyland Hotel)
Every release of IBM i comes with great enhancments to RPG. IBM i 7.1 is no exception! Let's take a look at what this new release has to offer.

11:30-11:45 PM
Expo Mini-Session: Enterprise Modernization with Arcad and Profound Logic
Stop by Booth #202 in the Expo Hall and see a LIVE presentation by Profound Logic Software and Arcad Software, and learn how our partnership supports a modern, agile and future-proof IBM i development environment

1:15-1:30 PM
Expo Mini-Session: Mobile Application Development with Profound UI
Stop by Booth #202 in the Expo Hall and see a LIVE demonstration of the powerful mobile development tools integrated within the Profound UI Suite, as well as hear a customer success story

2:00 PM-3:15 PM
RPG User Defined Functions & Table Functions (560163)
Scott Klement
Disneyland Grand Ballroom Center (Disneyland Hotel)
RPG is the best language in the world for writing business rules. But what happens when you want to use those business rules from SQL? In this session, you’ll learn the concept of SQL routines, how to write an external UDF in RPG, and how to write an external UDTF in RPG.

3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Create Modern and Mobile Applications with Profound UI (560412)
Alex Roytman and Nancy Lorch
Adventure (Disneyland Hotel)
No matter what your industry is, you can make your workplace more connected and efficient by extending your business applications to mobile devices, like iPhones, iPads and Android phones. This session will show you how to develop and deploy high-quality mobile applications using Profound UI, and will share the success a Profound Logic customer has had with their mobile application.(590350)

5:00 PM-6:15 PM
Moving to HTML5 (590350)
Brian May
Disneyland Grand Ballroom North A (Disneyland Hotel)
In this session, we will take a simple RPG CGI application designed for a mobile device and modify it to make use of HTML5 and AJAX. If you have ever wondered how to bring your dated CGI application into the modern world of HTML5, this session is for you.

5:00 PM-6:15 PM
A Pattern for Reusable RPG Code (550062)
Scott Klement
Magic Kingdom Ballroom 4 (Disneyland Hotel)
You've learned all of the concepts of ILE, and this has given you a lot of new options. When you go back to the office, you find it's hard to use them! They just don't fit into the way you're accustomed to writing software. In your mind, you have a pattern for how programs should be written, and to use ILE effectively, you really need to learn a new pattern.

Wednesday, April 29

9:30 AM-10:45 AM
Opening Up Your IBM i with XMLSERVICE (580157)
Brian May
Magic Kingdom Ballroom 1 (Disneyland Hotel)
As part of IBM's partnership with Zend, IBM developed a new interface for accessing IBM i programs, commands, and objects. While this interface was created for use with Zend's new IBM i toolkit, IBM has open sourced the project so that you can us it to access your IBM i from ANY platform or language.

11:00 AM-12:15 PM
RPG Does TCP/IP (520060)
Scott Klement
Disneyland Grand Ballroom North B (Disneyland Hotel)
TCP/IP network communications are written using the socket API. This API is available to all ILE languages, including RPG. In this session, you’ll discover many different ways you can utilize TCP/IP, such as running interactive programs in batch by writing a program that acts as a 5250 terminal.

3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Taking Your Web Application Offline (600308)
Brian May
Magic Kingdom Ballroom 2 (Disneyland Hotel)

3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Setting up and Scripting the OpenSSH, SFTP and SCP Utilities on IBM i (560164)
Scott Klement
Sleeping Beauty Pavilion (Disneyland Hotel)
It seems like everyone today is using the FTP protocol to send files. One problem: It's not very secure! For security's sake, a lot of companies need to use SSH tools, including SSH itself, as well as the SCP and SFTP utilities. This session will tell you how to set up OpenSSH and use your RPG or CL programs run SFTP scripts.

5:00 PM-6:15 PM
Working with JSON in RPG (580634)
Scott Klement
Sleeping Beauty Pavilion (Disneyland Hotel)
JSON is quickly becoming an important document format for business data interchange, so what's the best way to process it from RPG? In this session, Scott will explain how the open source YAJL tool can be used from an RPG program to process or generate JSON in an efficient manner.