an introduction to cics js/server
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Bringing the strengths of the IBM mainframe to the use of the Dojo Toolkit.
Introducing CICS JS/Server from Matter of Fact Software
Why Dojo?
When we embarked upon an upgrade of our PlexSpy software solution, we wanted to display graphical data in the web browser. We discovered that the Dojo Toolkit offered us the best option for doing so.
Why CICS JS/Server?
We quickly realised that to have complete, trustworthy, control over all of the software used by the web clients running PlexSpy, the Dojo Toolkit itself needed to be embedded into the mainframe alongside our software.
As this issue must concern other users of the Dojo Toolkit, it was decided that a mainframe based solution was needed that could provide that control generically. That solution became CICS JS/Server.
CICS JS/Server• Simple to install.
• Dojo is served out of well understood mainframe PDS datasets.
• TCPIP connectivity with CICS on the mainframe using port sharing and Sysplex distributor (if necessary) provides almost limitless scaling, reliability and resilience for serving the Dojo Toolkit to web clients.
• It’s on the mainframe so controlling and managing it is well understood and trusted.
PlexSpy V2.0 etcGraphical presentations are now possible in PlexSpy.
All of the other features of Dojo are at our disposal.
We have control over the Dojo Toolkit that we need to be able to trust what is served to web clients on our behalf.
What could your enterprise achieve using the Dojo Toolkit served from the mainframe?
Acknowlegments
• Dojo Toolkit is Open Source: www.dojotoolkit.org
• Sysplex and CICS are Trademarks of IBM Corporation
• PlexSpy is a Trademark of Matter of Fact Software
