Hi all, 

I want to understand what different tools you are using currently as pure developer for datapower development? 

For example,
What tool is used for xslt?
What tool is used for gatewayscript? 
What tool is used for testing code? - Something like soapui, postman? etc. 

I am production support guy and expecting some major dev work in near future. I would like to be ready with my needs & understanding of tools effectively. 

Thanks ! 

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Prathamesh Dixit
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Hi,

for 1+2 I use this since 2010 (I developed coproc2):
https://github.com/ibm-datapower/datapower-tools/tree/master/coproc2

For 3 I use most times curl, because it does not modify stuff and tells you the truth and nothing but the truth.
With "-v" and "--data-binary", you will loose the truth part if abbreviating as "-d" because that is "--data". 

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Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt
Compiler Level 3 support, IBM DataPower Gateways
IBM
Boeblingen

Original Message:
Sent: Wed December 11, 2024 02:41 AM
From: Prathamesh Dixit
Subject: Tools for Datapower Development Work

Hi all, 

I want to understand what different tools you are using currently as pure developer for datapower development? 

For example,
What tool is used for xslt?
What tool is used for gatewayscript? 
What tool is used for testing code? - Something like soapui, postman? etc. 

I am production support guy and expecting some major dev work in near future. I would like to be ready with my needs & understanding of tools effectively. 

Thanks ! 

------------------------------
Prathamesh Dixit
------------------------------

Thanks Harmann, 

I will go through these definitely. These appears as tools to validate the coding done. Where do you prefer to write the code in general? Just a notepad++ or anything specific to avoid bugs in syntax & format?

Thanks again !

Hi,

for 1+2 I use this since 2010 (I developed coproc2):
https://github.com/ibm-datapower/datapower-tools/tree/master/coproc2

For 3 I use most times curl, because it does not modify stuff and tells you the truth and nothing but the truth.
With "-v" and "--data-binary", you will loose the truth part if abbreviating as "-d" because that is "--data". 

------------------------------
Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt
Compiler Level 3 support, IBM DataPower Gateways
IBM
Boeblingen

Original Message:
Sent: Wed December 11, 2024 02:41 AM
From: Prathamesh Dixit
Subject: Tools for Datapower Development Work

Hi all, 

I want to understand what different tools you are using currently as pure developer for datapower development? 

For example,
What tool is used for xslt?
What tool is used for gatewayscript? 
What tool is used for testing code? - Something like soapui, postman? etc. 

I am production support guy and expecting some major dev work in near future. I would like to be ready with my needs & understanding of tools effectively. 

Thanks ! 

------------------------------
Prathamesh Dixit
------------------------------

>  Where do you prefer to write the code in general? Just a notepad++ or anything specific to avoid bugs in syntax & format?
>
I stopped using Windows when joining DataPower team in 2007.
Since 1990 I use vi editor, these days vim (vi improved) with its syntax highlighting for more than 500 different syntax.

If forced to do something on a Windows computer, I use cygwin and vi if available.
If not notepad/wordpad/notepad++.

For formatting XML I use "xmllint --format file.xml".
For pretty printing JSON I send it against DataPower loopback XMLFW service executing "store:///identity-json.js".

Thanks Harmann, 

I will go through these definitely. These appears as tools to validate the coding done. Where do you prefer to write the code in general? Just a notepad++ or anything specific to avoid bugs in syntax & format?

Thanks again !

Hi,

for 1+2 I use this since 2010 (I developed coproc2):
https://github.com/ibm-datapower/datapower-tools/tree/master/coproc2

For 3 I use most times curl, because it does not modify stuff and tells you the truth and nothing but the truth.
With "-v" and "--data-binary", you will loose the truth part if abbreviating as "-d" because that is "--data". 

------------------------------
Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt
Compiler Level 3 support, IBM DataPower Gateways
IBM
Boeblingen

Original Message:
Sent: Wed December 11, 2024 02:41 AM
From: Prathamesh Dixit
Subject: Tools for Datapower Development Work

Hi all, 

I want to understand what different tools you are using currently as pure developer for datapower development? 

For example,
What tool is used for xslt?
What tool is used for gatewayscript? 
What tool is used for testing code? - Something like soapui, postman? etc. 

I am production support guy and expecting some major dev work in near future. I would like to be ready with my needs & understanding of tools effectively. 

Thanks ! 

------------------------------
Prathamesh Dixit
------------------------------

>  Where do you prefer to write the code in general? Just a notepad++ or anything specific to avoid bugs in syntax & format?
>
I stopped using Windows when joining DataPower team in 2007.
Since 1990 I use vi editor, these days vim (vi improved) with its syntax highlighting for more than 500 different syntax.

If forced to do something on a Windows computer, I use cygwin and vi if available.
If not notepad/wordpad/notepad++.

For formatting XML I use "xmllint --format file.xml".
For pretty printing JSON I send it against DataPower loopback XMLFW service executing "store:///identity-json.js".

Thanks Harmann, 

I will go through these definitely. These appears as tools to validate the coding done. Where do you prefer to write the code in general? Just a notepad++ or anything specific to avoid bugs in syntax & format?

Thanks again !

Hi,

for 1+2 I use this since 2010 (I developed coproc2):
https://github.com/ibm-datapower/datapower-tools/tree/master/coproc2

For 3 I use most times curl, because it does not modify stuff and tells you the truth and nothing but the truth.
With "-v" and "--data-binary", you will loose the truth part if abbreviating as "-d" because that is "--data". 

------------------------------
Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt
Compiler Level 3 support, IBM DataPower Gateways
IBM
Boeblingen

Original Message:
Sent: Wed December 11, 2024 02:41 AM
From: Prathamesh Dixit
Subject: Tools for Datapower Development Work

Hi all, 

I want to understand what different tools you are using currently as pure developer for datapower development? 

For example,
What tool is used for xslt?
What tool is used for gatewayscript? 
What tool is used for testing code? - Something like soapui, postman? etc. 

I am production support guy and expecting some major dev work in near future. I would like to be ready with my needs & understanding of tools effectively. 

Thanks ! 

------------------------------
Prathamesh Dixit
------------------------------

Hi all, 

I want to understand what different tools you are using currently as pure developer for datapower development? 

For example,
What tool is used for xslt?
What tool is used for gatewayscript? 
What tool is used for testing code? - Something like soapui, postman? etc. 

I am production support guy and expecting some major dev work in near future. I would like to be ready with my needs & understanding of tools effectively. 

Thanks ! 

Hi all, 

I want to understand what different tools you are using currently as pure developer for datapower development? 

For example,
What tool is used for xslt?
What tool is used for gatewayscript? 
What tool is used for testing code? - Something like soapui, postman? etc. 

I am production support guy and expecting some major dev work in near future. I would like to be ready with my needs & understanding of tools effectively. 

Thanks ! 

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Hi all, 

I want to understand what different tools you are using currently as pure developer for datapower development? 

For example,
What tool is used for xslt?
What tool is used for gatewayscript? 
What tool is used for testing code? - Something like soapui, postman? etc. 

I am production support guy and expecting some major dev work in near future. I would like to be ready with my needs & understanding of tools effectively. 

Thanks !