Thanks Daniel, much appreciated. 🙏
The frustrating part is that I'm not public, i'm an IBMer highly interested in contributing and apparenly other 6000 IBMers are already using it.. even if an alpha, is it sonething so secret that can have so many detailed videos on publicly available on youtube but can't be tried by own IBMers (even if still in alpha)?
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Hugo Alexandre Rocha Catarino
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue November 04, 2025 02:30 AM
From: Daniel Gross
Subject: Project Bob resources - upcoming event
Hi Hugo,
maybe I ca clarify some things about Project Bob.
- Project Bob isn't publicly available right now - there isn't even a public or closed Beta at this time
- AFAWK Project Bob will be its own IDE based in VScode, because Project Bob needs more access than a VScode extension can have. The IDE is a fork of VScode and hopefully new VScode features will be intergrated fast.
- AFAWK we will be able to install VScode extensions in the Project Bob IDE.
A lot of this is speculation and extrapolation from what we have seen and tried out at TechXchange. So please take this all with a grain of salt.
Kind regards,
Daniel
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Daniel Gross
#IBMChampion
Senior Core Developer, Geis Group
Pegnitz, Germany
https://blog.qpgmr.de/
Original Message:
Sent: Mon November 03, 2025 12:47 PM
From: Hugo Alexandre Rocha Catarino
Subject: Project Bob resources - upcoming event
Thanks @Emily Seale, I'm looking for guidance on how to add bob extension to my vscode and start using it.
Such a fundamental step was supposed to be so simple and stratight-forward as apparently there are already 6000 IBMers using it, but unforutnately I didn't manage to find this guidance anywhere. :/
Any ideas here would be appreaciated!
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Hugo Alexandre Rocha Catarino
Original Message:
Sent: Mon November 03, 2025 10:31 AM
From: Emily Seale
Subject: Project Bob resources - upcoming event
Happy Monday, everyone! As we return to our weekly routines, I wanted to share one thing I do…check out updates about Project Bob 😊
Here are a couple of resources I found:
YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/@ask-bob
The official YouTube Channel for IBM Project Bob
Better code in every commit: Shipping quality code faster means catching issues before they ever reach a pull request. Bob specializes in making the hard problems easy. Whether you're re-platforming an app or helping deliver the next feature, it brings modernization expertise directly into the developer's workflow.
IBM Guided Tours - https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-guided-tours
Upcoming session: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Nov 19, 2025 (UTC-5:00)
Deep Dive into Project Bob for RPG and more
Register on Teams: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bc5bfeb8-6f69-447b-a865-516fc2f15247@fcf67057-50c9-4ad4-98f3-ffca64add9e9
What have you seen? An informative LinkedIn post, a great news article? Please share with us and I'll be sure to post more as I discover all things Bob, too.
Have a great week!
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Emily Seale
Community Manager
IBM
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