November 4, 2016
November 4, 2016 Volume 13 Issue 44
• LEAD ARTICLE: TechTip: CNX Valence for PHP
• FEATURED ARTICLE: TechTip: C# for RPGers - More on Arrays and a Different FOR Loop
• NEWS HIGHLIGHT: Magic Software Boosts RAD Platform with Expanded Mobile Capabilities and Improved User Experience
• BUYER'S GUIDE: TLAForms
• EVENT: Create IBM i mobile apps with ASNA Mobile RPG and ILE RPG
TechTip: CNX Valence for PHP
PHP help tools. That’s what we’re looking at. And this month, we are looking at the CNX Valence product.
Written by Dave Shirey
Part of getting familiar with PHP is getting familiar with the way in which PHP relates to the IBM i. Over the past year, we have looked at different options for creating PHP scripts that we might use with the i.
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TechTip: C# for RPGers - More on Arrays and a Different FOR Loop
Let’s continue to explore C# arrays and introduce a different FOR loop. It’s a very useful tool that has no equivalent in RPG.
Written by Rafael Victória-Pereira
In the last TechTip in this C# series, I introduced the array data type and showed how it’s defined and used. Now let’s explore some of its properties and methods, with the help of a different FOR loop: ForEach.
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