Re: WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries, V4.0 -- CODE400-L

Phil,

The new WDT delivers Websphere Studio Site Developer .
As I understand it, this is just a part of the full Websphere Studio
Application Developer.

So we still have to buy extra development tools, aside of what will be
available on iSeries ?
Why doesn't IBM make WSAD available for iSeries ?

Luc


----- Original Message -----
From: <coulthar@ca.ibm.com>
To: <CODE400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:50 AM
Subject: Re: WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries, V4.0


> Sam, Phil ... some responses to your queries about WebSphere Development
> Studio Client,
> and some additional information I'm sure you meant to ask :-)
>
> #1. This is the next release of WDT, and as usual we don't know how to
ship
> it to you
>       automatically,   so you will need to order it via 5722-WDS, refresh
> code 2655. You
>       need V5R1 or higher to order it, but it will run against V4R5
> systems.
>       For those who bought WDT as a workstation product, and have passport
> advantage,
>       apparently it will be shipped to you automatically. If not, there is
> an upgrade fee, as the
>       price of the workstation product (versus getting it with WDS) has
> gone up (way up).
>
>  #2. It is built on top of WSSDa (WebSphere Studio Site Developer
> Advanced). You do not
>       have to pay extra for this! It is a built-in part of WDSC. To buy it
> separately would cost
>       $2000 per programmer. You are welcome!
>
>  #3. Yes, it fully supports XP for both home and office. I believe WinME
> support is gone, while
>         Win98/NT is support is still there but not for long. Like
> Microsoft, we are quickly moving to
>         a point where only Win2K and WinXP will be supported...
>
>  #4. Look at WDSc as a number of "plugins" to the IDE supplied by WSSDa.
> Indeed, WSSDa
>         is itself a number of plugin on top of eclipse. So, eclipse
> supplies the core IDE and
>         team-enablement, as well as the Java tooling (and the
> infrastructure for snapping in
>         plugins).
>         WSSDa adds to this:
>              - Web tools, including a WAS 4.0 test environment built-in
>              - XML tools
>              - Web Services tools
>              - Java application profiling/performance tools
>              - Database tools
>        WDSc add to this:
>              - RPG and COBOL tools
>                     - a pdm/cpo-like remote system explorer and built-in
> Lpex editor
>                     - iSeries projects for more disciplined team-sharable
> development
>              - Java tools for iSeries
>                     - remote import/export/compile/run/debug, program call
> wizard, toolbox, beans, etc
>                     - the program call wizard generates beans consumable
by
> the web services
>                         wizard. Eg: quick way to expose an ILE procedure
as
> a web service)
>              - Web tools for iSeries
>                     - web interaction wizard, design-time-controls (web
> widgets)
>              - WebFacing, now tightly integrated into this and able to
> exploit the built-in
>                     Java and Web tools as well as the built-in WAS test
> environment.
>
>    #5. Eclipse and hence WSSDa and WDSc is totally extendible via plugins
> written in Java.
>           Watch for many additional tools coming from business partners.
> The tools for writing
>           plugins are all part of eclipse, so you can write your own too!
>
>     #6. CODE/400 and VARPG are still available "on the side". Eventually,
> these will disappear
>           as their functionality gets totally consumed by eclipse plugins.
> But, alas, that will take a
>           few releases. In the meantime, they are easily launched from
> within the WDSc IDE.
>
>     #7. There are not too many enhancements in the "classic" CODE/400 or
> VARPG products,
>            but there are some tweaks to be sure. Mostly fixes requested
> right here on this forum.
>            Maybe we can get Hak and Michelle to list those enhancements.
> However, our focus
>            now is the new RPG and COBOL tooling inside the IDE, and
> evolving that to catch up and
>            then surpass the current CODE product's functionality. We are
> not there yet, but we are
>            intensely focused on it.
>
> Watch the www.ibm.com/software/ad/wds400 website over the coming weeks for
> more and
> more information ... eg, we are just about to put up a bunch of
> presentations. By June 28th, we
> hope to have a number of hands-on labs and camtasia videos available too.
>
> Also, the July issue of the IBM iSeries magazine (or eServer I guess its
> called now) will have
> 3 articles on WDSc. And if you go to any conferences, like the upcoming
> iSeries Technical
> Conference in Las Vegas, we'll be doing numerous presentations and
offering
> numerous
> hands-on labs to test drive various pieces of this exciting new product.
>
> Oh, and please assume that once you get it, you'll have to get the first
> service pack that will
> be available coincident with GA ... business as usual :-)
>
>
> Phil Coulthard, iSeries Software Architect,  IBM Canada Ltd.
> coulthar@ca.ibm.com.
>
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