Python applications on IBM i? Let’s start with the python installation and then take the first steps in this fascinating world of Open Source and everything that opens up to the IBM i world.
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Following an IT-Jungle guide by Stephanie Rabbani (“Guru: Getting Started With Python On IBM i”) and a few more posts around the web (“Introduction to Python for IBM i” by Mike Pavlak and “Pratical guide to Python” by Kevin Adler) I installed Python3 on my IB machine M i 7.2.
In less than 20 minutes I tested the classic Hello World and downloaded from Github a project by Alan Seiden Group with some nice examples of Python and IBM i… isn’t that great? This is where the beauty … compared to classic RPG development with Python (and other languages available on IBM i) we can find around thousands of Open Source applications to assemble together in our projects.
Here are the few steps taken, with some commentary, and, to follow, the references of the material:
In this great post on IT-Jungle we see how to install Python3 on our IBM i using the appropriate Open Source product management feature of ACS … The thing is simple … it takes you less than 20 minutes to make a small Hello Word or download a ready-made project from Github:
Thanks to this video by Moammed Yusuf each of us can try to do small things with Python3 on IBM i with access to DB2 … without even installing anything on your system but using the excellent PUB400.COM service
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