Develop PHP apps in 5 minutes over DB2 or MySQL files
New to PHP or to the System i? Not sure how to start coding database driven PHP applications that use HTML and CSS? Want to use RPG programmers and/or PHP developers? Need tight PHP and System i integration?
Demo of WebSmart PHP recorded during the COMMON
Expo in Reno, NV
WebSmart PHP is your solution
WebSmart PHP is used to create PHP applications that run on the
System i and other PHP supported platforms such as Windows, Linux and Unix. It is the most productive tool for RPG or PHP programmers to create PHP applications. WebSmart PHP is more than just an IDE and editor, it is a rapid application development tool that generates nonproprietary PHP code and includes:
Intelligent DB2/400 and MySQL Application Templates and Wizards that
guide you through creating fully functional professional looking PHP web applications.
The templates do the ground work for you and let you focus on the business logic
unlike other IDEs that start with a blank slate.
System i Centric PHP Extensions that help you leverage existing
RPG code and skills.
Complete IDE with PHP syntax checking, Intelliprompting
and organization of 5,000+ PHP functions.
Visual HTML Editor as well as built in MVC which
separates the HTML from the PHP.
Database Repository for defining your business and presentation
rules at the file level.
Includes Free Nexus Portal which provides a secure deployment
framework for your PHP apps including secure log in and dynamic menuing system
with drop down menus and menu trees.
Includes Free SmartCharts to visually represent
database information in Flash Charts (bar, pie, gauges...)for KPIs and Executive
Dashboards.
Supports anything you can do in PHP including Web Services
for SOA, XML, Ajax, Google Maps...
Unlimited World Class Technical Support during your evaluation
and while on maintenance. Your call will be answered by a person who will be
able to help you with your question.
BCD - Your System i and web development experts
We’ve put our extensive web app development tool
experience into creating WebSmart PHP, the same experience that gained the confidence
of 2,000+ organizations and
earned 13 Industry Awards for WebSmart
ILE. BCD has over 30 years of experience in the System i and midrange marketplace
and we understand how System i developers and IT shops think and work. Our technical
support team is here to ensure that you succeed and our Professional
Services team is available if you do not have the resources available to
develop your own apps or to work in tandem with you.
"WebSmart PHP has been a great asset in our PHP
development. It has served two purposes: (1) It shortcuts the coding
process by providing you with an easliy modifiable working module once you
complete the wizard and (2) it is a great learning tool because it teaches
you lots of PHP techniques just by looking at the code that is generated.
In addition, your technical support is the best I have ever dealt with in
our industry and I've been at this for over 28 years!"
Ken Watson, Sr
Programmer Analyst - Columbia Machine, Inc.
"WebSmart PHP is great for quickly developing PHP applications. The
templates, the 5,000+ organized PHP scripts and other features that BCD has included
are perfectly designed for rapid application development. I am very pleased with WebSmart PHP and BCD's excellent support." Bob Anderson, IT
Director - Kent Sporting Goods
Find out how your peers have successfully used PHP Web development to reach different types
of goals with different types of skill sets being used by the developers. We've heard much about the
popularity of PHP for developing Web apps on the IBM i. It's always good to read about completed projects.
June 23, 2009 - Robert Gast
The
State of PHP on the Power Systems i
"The trick for ISVs
and i shops alike is to put PHP into their toolbox and make good use of it,
just as they would any other tool. And that is certainly something that application
development tool maker Business Computer Design has done with its WebSmart
PHP tool." April 20, 2009 By Timothy Prickett Morgan
BCD has been seeing an increase in consulting activity,
especially in the area of IBM i PHP application development and web
enablement of green screen applications. Two new services were
announced.
WebSmart
PHP gets smarter (Seamus Quinn, System i Network UK)
Business Computer Design has enhanced the WebSmart PHP web application development
tool that it first released twelve months ago. UK distributor is SoftLanding
Europe.A new wizard in version 2.0 of the solution eliminates the need to code
the many lines of PHP required to call existing RPG programs. The wizard guides
developers by prompting them for the program name, library and parameters and
generates the PHP code.
Through its WebSmart PHP support desk, BCD says that it discovered that developers
frequently create custom templates to match the appearance and functionality
of other programs in the enterprise. In response to this, version 2.0 lets
users create custom program template families with a new feature that allows
them to copy elements from existing program templates. Read
More ».
Is IBM Making a Statement of Direction by Bundling the Zend Web Stack with
IBM i?
The announcements this week by IBM and Zend Technologies that
IBM will bundle the Zend Web stack, including Zend Core and Zend Framework,
with all future sales of IBM i software and servers has kindled a debate
about the value of PHP on the System i and the best tools to employ it. It
also has raised questions about IBM's direction with the System i and its
proprietary but "open" operating
system, IBM i. "Preloading Zend Core with IBM i puts PHP development on a
level playing field. We are very excited about the news",
said BCD's Eric Figura. Read
more »
BCD
Adds More Automation, Customization to PHP Tool (ITJungle)
Imagine PHP as a porch light on a warm summer night and RPG programmers as the
flying bugs in the front yard. Every bug is going to visit that porch light.
It's possible that I've overplayed this analogy just a bit, but PHP is gaining
a lot of RPG programmers' attention. If you want to do Web development, consider
this.
