WOW for i

Hi folks,

As a first post in this blog i wanted to write about Web Object Wizard Community Edition tool.

There are many tools available in market which helps to build modern web based application using IBM i, but i selected WOW CE because its available for free of charge, and very easy to develop application.

WOW CE 7.0 is the two time GOLD winner as the top IBM i development tool.

WOW CE will allow you to access not only DB2/400, but also you can access Oracle, SQL server, MySQL.

WOW is written in Java, so it can run on any platform. It runs on top of IBM's WebSphere Application Server or Apache's Tomcat.

WOW CE serve as a query or reporting tool.

It allow you to create runtime selection, and in one click you can download the reports without additional programing changes.

The challenge with web based application is you need a knowledge on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Java, and Object Orientation. WOW solve this problem by by allowing the programmer to simply specify SQL statements while WOW framework guarantees all needed HTML, CSS, JavaScript related stuffs.

Features

WOW CE also supports real-time access to Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and other major databases. Generates industry-standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for IBM i, Microsoft Windows, and Linux systems

Requirements: IBM OS/400 V5R1 or later.

You can perform bellow using WOW.

• Data Inquiry

• Data Maintenance

• Business Intelligence

• Dashboards/Graphics

• Customer Self Service

• Business to Business

• Government Data Solutions