RE: How can I "wow" developers with CODE in WDSc 5.0? -- CODE400-L

Go to this page

<http://www-3.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400/education/course_downloads.html>

and get the "Eclipse Tooling for RPG and COBOL Development in
WDSC" presentation.  It is very helpful and a good start for
those using WDSC for RPG development.  There are also other
instructional materials on that page.

I run WDSC 5.0 on an 866 MHz machine with 512 MB of memory. 
Other that the real long start up time (go get coffee) it
performs just fine for me.  Even when having multiple windows of
WDSC open at the same time.

Scott Mildenberger

--- Ben_Pforsich@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Thanks everyone for the quick replies!  I wasn't aware of the
> LPEX editor.
> Do I get there from clicking on the Websphere Development
> Studio desktop
> icon?  Speaking of which, when I do click on that, it takes 2
> minutes for
> the window to pop up.  Is that normal for everyone?  I'm
> running v5.0.1 on
> Win2000 SP3 with 1.6 GHz and 512 MB RAM.  Is Websphere that
> bloated that it
> needs MORE than 512MB???
> 
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> Ben,
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> IMHO I wouldn't take the time to teach your fellow developers
> CODE.  IBM
> has
> stated that it is being replaced with the LPEX editor in WDSc.
>  I would
> take
> them straight to the new editor since they will have to learn
> it sooner or
> later if your shop keeps using WDSc.
> 
> I'm sorry I don't have any 'wow' things for you as I don't use
> CODE.
> Things
> that I like though are being able to display a file layout
> alongside my
> source in the same window;  having a program outline displayed
> alongside
> the
> source and being able to jump to any of the subroutines by
> simply clicking
> on the name in the outline frame; being able to verify source
> before
> compiling saves time; more source lines displayable at a time.
> 
> A comment about your workstation sizes.  As you have probably
> noticed many
> people here have mentioned that you need at least 768meg of
> memory.  I am
> running with 512meg on a 1.7Ghz system and I am getting
> messages that my
> virtual memory is low.  I don't do any web development so
> things are pretty
> scaled down.  We tried to run WDSc on a couple of 256meg
> machines and it
> wasn't pretty.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Rick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben_Pforsich@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:Ben_Pforsich@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:53 PM
> To: CODE/400 Discussion & Support
> Subject: How can I "wow" developers with CODE in WDSc 5.0?
> 
> 
> Hi, we're considering rolling out CODE to all other
> developers'
> workstations in our shop (about 4 to 6) and would like to hear
> other
> people's opinions on which features or specific functions that
> I should
> demonstrate to instantly "wow" them?  I've been using WDT/400
> 5.1 for
> several months and just recently installed WDSc 5.0 with the
> 5.0.1 fixpack.
> Another developer was given a copy of the old WDT/400 version
> and after
> installing it only used it for about a week.  Apparently it
> was not working
> 100% for him for some reason and doesn't have much interest in
> 5.0.  I've
> not been completely converted to CODE yet myself because of
> its quirks and
> occasional errors.  I admit 5.0.1 is much more stable and has
> fixed some of
> these quirks.
> 
> We're running V5R1 and everyone pretty much uses SEU and SDA
> to develop
> now.  We all have workstations with at least Windows 2000, 1
> GHZ processors
> and 256MB-512MB RAM each.  We'll probably only use CODE and
> not get much
> into the Websphere Development.
> 
> I appreciate any comments or suggestions how to "wow" people. 
> Obvious
> choices in mind are the whole Designer bit and being able to
> graphically
> layout printer files and display files, online help, compiling
> and
> debugging.  Also, are there any other features that we should
> be using that
> I don't know about?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Ben Pforsich
> Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
> Food Products Division
> I/S Department
> Columbus, Ohio
> Ben_Pforsich@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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