A program ends in error. The users and management are frustrated. Reports are printing incorrectly, or the database is out of sync. This session explores the many tricks and techniques available to the programmer to help improve the debugging cycle and problem resolution.

The iSeries provides the programmer a wealth of information in problem determination. Learn how to quickly identify this information and use it constructively and creatively to find the cause of everyday problems. Take a creative journey on seeing how to create a bullet proof test environment, make the best use of system job logs, identify shortcuts to creating test data from production data, give your applications command line functionality. The session also includes a review of some very helpful APIs.

By the end of this session you’ll learn how to get around some of the "gotchas" you encounter day after day.