Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-23 Thread David Crayford
On 23/02/2018 8:56 PM, Scott Chapman wrote: While ES6 does add some interesting features to the language, people have done useful work in server-side well before ES6 came along. It adds essential features to the language like "let" and "const" which prevent nasty variable hoisting surprises!

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-23 Thread Scott Chapman
While ES6 does add some interesting features to the language, people have done useful work in server-side well before ES6 came along. Java 8 contained Nashorn with ES5 support. Java 6 & 7 contained the Rhino JavaScript engine (although at what level of Javascript, I forget at the moment). You

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-22 Thread David Crayford
On 22/02/2018 3:54 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: If you're looking for a JavaScript implementation (without Node) for a z9BC machine, I believe HostBridge's HB.js is compatible. Java 9 comes with an ES6 compliant Nashorn JavaScript engine

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-22 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:54 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > The IBM SDK for Node.js probably won't run on your z9BC machine, but you're > welcome to try it. (Please let us all know.) The latest trial download is > available here: > > https://developer.ibm.com/node/sdk/ztp/ > >

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-21 Thread Timothy Sipples
The IBM SDK for Node.js probably won't run on your z9BC machine, but you're welcome to try it. (Please let us all know.) The latest trial download is available here: https://developer.ibm.com/node/sdk/ztp/ APAR UI46658 is surely required, so check for that. If you're looking for a JavaScript

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-21 Thread David Crayford
We've been using Node for internal tooling and IBM have done a good job. The Node eco-system is the fast growing of any language/runtime. Like I've said before the most exciting thing from my perspective is the clang compiler that ships with it. One important feature that makes Node so

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-21 Thread Martin Packer
nnel/UCu_65HaYgksbF6Q8SQ4oOvA IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on 21/02/2018 15:01:53: > From: "Barkow, Eileen" <ebar...@doitt.nyc.gov> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 21/02/2018 15:02 > Subject: Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS > Sent by

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-21 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 7:12 AM, Jerry Callen wrote: > You don't have to build from source; you can get a downloadable SDK: > > https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/sdk-nodejs-compiler-zos ​Thank you for that link. One difference that I can see is that the above mentions a

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-21 Thread Barkow, Eileen
: Interesting - NODE for z/OS I haven't really had a chance to look at this yet. But I thought others here might be interested. It is NODE for z/OS. NODE is a "server side" JavaScript engine. That is, it allows you to run JavaScript programs on z/OS. https://github.com/ibmruntimes/node/re

Re: Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-21 Thread Jerry Callen
You don't have to build from source; you can get a downloadable SDK: https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/sdk-nodejs-compiler-zos There is a DeveloperWorks forum for node.js on IBM platforms (including z/OS and Linux on Z):

Interesting - NODE for z/OS

2018-02-21 Thread John McKown
I haven't really had a chance to look at this yet. But I thought others here might be interested. It is NODE for z/OS. NODE is a "server side" JavaScript engine. That is, it allows you to run JavaScript programs on z/OS. https://github.com/ibmruntimes/node/releases/tag/ibm-6.13.0.0 Source only,