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Scott Klement, born January 28, 1969, in

COMMON, the largest association of users of IBM compatible technology in the world. He has developed numerous frameworks and other open-source development tools, often works that make other technology accessible to the IBM i technology directly from RPG.[5] Many developments by others, including Thomas Raddatz as well as IBM itself, make use of Klement's software in products of their own.[6] His work in developing tools which open the i is widely quoted by others, including sockets and other tools in the book Hacking iSeries,[7] and UNIXCMD, which allows PHP to access UNIX commands from a script.[8][9] In addition, Klement was a frequent contributor to various Penton Media
trade magazines.

Personal

Scott resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his wife and son. He is an avid player of the sheepshead card game.[10]

Awards

In 2005, Klement was awarded the Intellectual Solutions Award by IBM and COMMON for his website, which provided multiple tutorials and open source software to the IBM i community.[11] He also received the Gary Guthrie Award for Excellence in Technical Writing[12] and the silver medal for Best Feature Series by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).[13][14] Klement's skill is recognized as one of the best in the industry.[15] In 2012 Klement, along with Jim Buck and Aaron Bartell, was named a "Champion of Power" by IBM for their contributions to the Power Systems community.[16] He has been called "The most interesting man in the RPG world".[17] In 2023, he was the first inducted to the Common Europe "Hall of Fame" for his contributions to the IBM i world.

Partial list of frameworks and open-source projects

Category Title/Description References
Base 64 encode-decode service program to encode/decode Base64 [18]
EXPAT XML
Parser		 a port of the open-source Expat XML parser to i [19][20]
FTPAPI Programmatic granular control of
FTP
on i		 [21]
HSSFR4 A service program simplifying use of POI to read and write Excel from RPG [22]
HTTPAPI Consuming SOAP and RESTful Web Services in RPG [18]
JDBCR4 JDBC driven by RPG [18]
JSON ported Yet another JSON Compiler (YAJL) [23]
Linux Tn5250 An open-source 5250 emulator for Linux, FreeBSD, etc. [18]
SNTP Program Time syncer [18]
UNIXCMD Run Qshell commands from RPG using f-spec [18]

References

  1. ^ Withanachchi, Chamara. "Scott Klement". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ Taschler, Joe. "Klement Sausage sold to holding company of San Francisco firm". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ^ "A Mixed Bunch". 27 June 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ "IBM i Development Export Scott Klement Joins the Profound Logic Software Team". 11 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ^ Rhodes, Ryan (June 2005). "Getting the RPG Word Out". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ^ Paris, Jon (3 June 2008). "Modern Tools for Today's RPG Programmer". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. ^ Carmel, Shalom (2004). Hacking iSeries.
  8. ^ Youens, Andy (29 January 2016). "Using PHP and RPG to Communicate Together Part 2". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Fun with QSH, call qp2term and RPG …". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  10. ^ Klement, Scott. "About Me". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  11. ^ "IBM Recognizes Top Innovators on iSeries Systems". 15 March 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  12. ^ Vasta, David (22 June 2008). "Scott Klement Honored with Gary Guthrie Writing Award". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Biography". 20 February 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  14. ^ "2006 Editorial and Design Regional Award Winners Announced". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  15. ^ Woodie, Alex (21 October 2013). "Will Modern, Free-Form RPG Bring New Blood To The Platform?". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  16. ^ Burger, Dan (21 May 2012). "Three IBM i Advocates Elevated to Champion Status". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Scott Klement Joins Profound Logic Staff". 16 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  18. ^ a b c d e f "Scott Klement Open Source Projects". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  19. ^ "Using the Expat XML Parser from an RPG Program, Part 1". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  20. ^ "What's New in V5R4 RPG?". February 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  21. ^ "These are a Few of Our Favorite (Free) Things!". 14 July 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  22. ^ "How to Excel with RPG and Java". 16 September 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  23. ^ "Building JSON with RPG". Retrieved 12 April 2016.

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