Computer Information Systems 265 - Spring 2004
iSeries/400 Development Trends
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Week -Date Classroom Prep & Assignments Lab Assignments
Week 1
Jan 5		 Chapter 1 - Applications Review
Ch1 Discussion Questions
Ch1 Worksheet
Join iSeries Nation - Instructions
Week 1 Lab
iSeries/400 Review and Sign on
Week 2
Jan 12		 IBM Client Access Express Features
Chapter 2 - E-Business Systems & Issues

Read the 'Urge to Merge' article in the January 2004 iSeries eserver magazine.  There are at least 15 terms in the article which have been emphasized in the course.  Using a hard copy (printout) of the article, circle the terms and turn in the hard copy.  (15 points). 

Click or copy/paste the following URL into your browser: http://www.eservercomputing.com/iseries/articles/index.asp?id=812
 
Week 3
Jan 19


Jan 19 - No School
Jan 20 - Inservice

 Chapter 2 - E-Business Systems & Issues
Week 4
Jan 26
 		 Chapter 3 – What is Application Integration?

Read Legacy Systems Update Article and complete Worksheet.		 Application Development Article Assignment

Read the article by Jon Paris and Susan Gantner called ‘Developing New Applications’ from the eServer magazine, iSeries edition, November 2003.
The article may be found at:
http://www.eservercomputing.com/iseries/archives/index.asp?a=1&id=771

Within your teams, read through the article. 

Each person will be assigned one tool to review.  Visit the company website to learn more about the company which produces the specific tool.

Write 1 summary paragraph about the company and 1 summary paragraph about the tool.  Create a Powerpoint presentation with 1-2 slides for the company and 1-2 slides for the assigned tool.  Within your team, combine the slides to prepare one presentation.

Presentation of the selected companies and tools will be during the next class time.

Visit www.ibm.com/servers/enable/tools/iseries.
Week 5
Feb 2
 		 Operations Navigator Features
IBM Application Development Directions
Operations Navigator Demo
Linoma Surveyor/400 Demo
Client Access Express Overview Lab
Observe installation of LANSA  Web Editor on the PC
Week 6
Feb 9
 		 System Admin Tasks Demo
LICPGM & PTFs Lab    		Chapter 1,2,3 Exam - Monday Feb 9 & Weds Feb 11

Visit http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/index.htm

 
Week 7
Feb 16
 

Feb 16
President's Day
 

     Chapter 4 – Databases & Application Integration      
Week 8
Feb 23    

Midterm Selection Lab:  Review websites, journals, software to select midterm topic.

 Team Review and Discussion of Articles and Independent Assignment

Basel II Article Assignment and Database Web Research Lab
Week 9
Mar 1
 		Chapter 5 – Application Integration Interfaces & Architecture
 March 2 ADVISING in PM
March 4 ADVISING in AM		 iSeries/400 Integration with MS Access  including Lab activity

Websphere Overview

Week 10 
 Mar 8  

Review Ch 4-5

Tues March 9 - 1 PM Student Organization Meetings

 Chapter 4-5 Exam

Lansa for iSeries Lab (Review Questions).  Lab instructions are not available online.

Enterprise Integration Webinar video (PDF)

Mar 15
 

March 15-20 Spring Break

 

 Mar 17
St. Patrick's Day
Week 11
 Mar 22		 Midterm Research Paper / Project / Presentation Due
Slippery Slope Case Study (Group Discussion)
Peoplesoft JDE Demo (Small Group Discussion)		 Lab:  DDS Review and Working with Subfiles (SubfileLab1)
Day Section:  Working with Subfiles (SubfileLab SCREEN1 & SCREEN2 instructions)
Week 12
Mar 29 		Chapter 6 – Application Integration Middleware
(Monday evening & Weds Afternoon lecture)		 March 29:  Raven Industries Tour - Meet at Raven's for production tour and overview of enterprise-level system by Cal Fickbohm, STI computer programming alumnus

Working with Subfiles (SubfileLab SCREEN1 & SCREEN2 instructions) Due Wednesday, March 31st.
Working with Subfiles:  The RPG  Program for Data Entry
Week 13
Apr 5  		Friday April 9 - No School
 		  

Working with Subfiles:  The Subfile Display
Working with Subfiles:  The RPG Program using subfiles
Wk14
Apr 12

Monday April 12 - No School
 

 Wednesday, 11-1:  Mandatory Loan Info Meeting
Wk15
 Apr 19

Complete Chapter 6
Questions 1,2,3,4

Web Services Online Video - Middleware
Working with subfiles and windows in RPGIV
Wk16
Apr 26  

 

 Tuesday, Apr 27 - SGA Spring Picnic 11 AM - 1 PM
(No classes during the picnic)
Working with subfiles and windows in RPGIV
Wk17
May 3		 Chapter 8 – Application Integration Development Process
Final Research Paper / Project / Presentation Due		 Chapter 8 Web Research Assignment
Wk 18 May 10

Graduation

 Final Exam:  Chapters 6, 8 Wednesday
Presentations

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Updated May 3, 2004