Last video might be a demo. Several install videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-WTXQQtz2m5iTflJLK59aw/videos
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:06 AM Farley, Peter x23353 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Matt, > > Thanks for the extended and detailed response. There are many of us out here > who are still wondering what this project really is. > > First, a caution: Please, please define your acronyms the first time you use > them. E.G., what is JWT? Most of us (well, this application programmer in > particular) have no idea what that is. Java Work Tooling? I am left to > guess. > > Another couple of examples: "HTML5 enabled desktop". Does that mean code > that runs in a browser on my desktop? "WebSocket enabled APIs"? Same > question. > > I thought I grokked this one: "JES Explorer (GUI to interact with JES much > like a Finder or Explorer on Windows would work" until the next sentence: > "web interface that doesn’t require 3270 to submit, etc.". Again, does that > mean a separate program like Windows Explorer, or just a new browser > interface? > > It would help greatly if there was a video demonstration of these > capabilities. Did any of the Zowe presentations at SHARE include live online > demonstrations of already-available capabilities, and if so are those video's > available through SHARE or on the Zowe website? > > For the application programmer (not for the systems gurus who maintain the > environment) what is the experience intended to be? I'm not from anywhere > near Missouri, but I really need to be shown how what Zowe is touting could > help me in my everyday work. > > If I understand it, perhaps I can make a case to my management. But first I > have to understand it. > > Still somewhat confused . . . > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Matt Hogstrom > Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 6:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Zowe? > > Not to mention the difference between nappies and diapers. > > Zowe is an open source project created to host technologies that benefit the > Z platform from all members of the Z community (ISV’s and consumers). The > initial code base was seeded with technologies from CA Technologies, IBM and > Rocket. Each of us had developed capabilities that we wanted to use to > enhance the platform but proprietary products were not the way to create an > eco-system; creating proprietary products was just BAU. We needed to see if > such a community was viable and so each contributed a set of technology and > we worked through the legal issues of moving what was new and some > long-standing code to an EPL-2.0 license which allows anyone to consume and > use the code. The choice of three was more about being able to manage the > issues of community formation and not in any way to be exclusive. Three was > a lot of work and we now have a good framework (legal, governance, hosting, > etc.) to start with. > > A late addition by CA was the addition of the Mediation Layer which we are > using to federate a number of platform services. We have an advanced use of > JWT that allows for accessing multiple services only requiring a user to > sign-on once. This is ahead of platform goals of using JWT in the Security > Managers. Open source allows us to experiment and deliver capabilities > faster than traditional development methods and delivery streams on Z. > > The initial contributions were the CLI and some VS Code extensions from CA, > WebSocket enabled APIs from IBM and a HTML5 enabled desktop that allowed for > hosting multiple Angular applications. Consider these contributions to be > more of the framework for enabling access to Z on-top of which new > applications can be built. The applications that are provided as of now and > a few more candidates for 1.0 later this month are: > > CLI plugins (Console, TSO, file, JES interface, etc.) where developers that > are not accustomed to Z can interact using their shell of choice (we expect > most people to be some bash variant). This interface uses direct z/OSMF APIs > for these services. > > JES Explorer (GUI to interact with JES much like a Finder or Explorer on > Windows would work). Simple and familiar web interface that doesn’t require > 3270 to submit, retrieve check status on jobs, etc. > > MVS and USS explorer. Provides access for retrieving / sending files to and > from the z/OS system. Again, very Finder / Explorer like. A significant > advantage here is the applications run in an HTML 5 framework and eliminate > the maintenance of Java and other frameworks on desktops. There are a number > of customers that are looking to eliminate Desktop dependencies around Java. > > Contextual Editor (allows for editing and updating with a context sensitive > editor that is extensible with a language server). > > TN3270 Emulator - fully functional 3270 emulator that runs in the desktop. > All models supported. No client install needed. > > Some applications that I’m working on are an IPL explorer that will > interrogate the systems in a Plex and navigate the rats nest of Parmiib > members. Doing this at night so going is a bit slow right now. > > Other products are using Zowe capabilities like the IBM Db2 Dev/Ops > experience as well as the OMEGAMON for Storage. Other products are coming as > well. > > The best way I have to describe Zowe is that its like Mac or Windows where > they come with a set of APIs and OS capabilities that applications build on > and include some applications out of the box like described above. > > The goal is to innovate faster, in the open under the oversight of a > community that vets the code, verifies its source and tests what is delivered. > > Sorry for the long response to the WTF question but I think it was a fair > question that deserved a response. > > -- > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. 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