Re: Learning java - any advice please?

Hi Pete,

you don't need to buy anything to start. There is a lot of free stuff for 
nearly all you need.
Visual Age is outdated for more than 2 years and you should not use this 
anymore.
For development there is Eclipse and NetBeans for free, but for a starting 
point JCreator would do too and you install and learn this tool in less than 
4 hours.
>From the sun webpage you can get free tutorials, maybe Bruce Eckels Thinking 
in java might be nice to learn.
Only thing you need to access the as400 is the jdbc driver for the database 
access and its free too; just search the web for the downlod of jtOpen or 
jt400.

Dieter

On Sunday 18 May 2003 16:10, you wrote:
> I've finally decided it's time I learnt java. I want to be able to write
> client applications in java which interact with the AS/400.
>
> However, I'm confused and unsure where to start.
>
> First question. What software do I need to obtain and install on my PC to
> do this? I thought I wanted VisualAge for Java, but it appears the
> goalposts have moved and it's now some flavor of Websphere I need. Can
> anyone tell me precisely what flavor? I want to develop under Windows -
> learning Linux at the same time doesn't sound like my idea of fun. And I
> think I need the equivalent of what used to be called the "Enterprise
> Toolkit for AS/400". What do I ask for to get the iSeries bits?
>
> Second question. Where do I get this software from? Can I buy it online?
> You'll probably say "yes", but wait a minute - I'm in the UK and I can't
> find anything that looks remotely like what I want on the IBM UK online
> sales site. And the website appears to be down at the moment in any case.
>
> Third question. If IBM are so eager for grey-haired old RPG-ers like me to
> switch on to this brave new world of java, why do they make it so
> complicated?!
>
> Any help gratefully received by a poor decripit S/38 guy who's almost ready
> to give up before he's even started!
>
> Pete
>
>
>
>
>
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