RE: RPG instruction

To me the useful part of learning anything new is to learn the whole 
thing, beginning to end, even if it is extremely simple.  If a student 
walked out of RPG 101 knowing how to create a keyed file with the fields 
for a complete mailing address, and how to populate that file with DFU, 
and could actually print 1-up labels then that speaks well for the course, 
the instructor, and the student. 

If s/he walked out of RPG 201 able to do the same thing, but also display 
the file in a subfile, create logicals for zip-code order and City order, 
and print 3-up labels in order of one of the logicals (chosen from an 
entry parm) then that would be quite significant I believe.

Having the person's name print first name first, last name next, would be 
extra credit.

_______________________
Booth Martin
Booth@MartinVT.com
http://www.MartinVT.com
_______________________




Mark Walter <mwalter@netrax.net>
Sent by: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com
07/19/2000 01:18 PM
Please respond to RPG400-L

 
        To:     "'RPG400-L@midrange.com'" <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
        cc: 
        Subject:        RE: RPG instruction

Please, Please, Please teach the cycle. I have run into so many contract 
programmers that were not taught how the RPG cycle works. Most of the work 

a new programmer does is going to be maintaining existing programs. Many 
of 
those programs, especially reporting programs, will be written utilizing 
the RPG cycle.

Thank you for my 2 cents.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From:            JoJo [SMTP:jojo@pulse.net]
Sent:            Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:24 PM
To:              RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject:                 RPG instruction

I am an RPG instructor and would appreciate input from the "field".

We teach RPG in two parts - the first semester we teach RPG/400 and the 
second semester we teach RPG-IV.  During the first semester, we also hit 
some of the high points of RPG-II.  I teach the RPG/400 class.

Are there some hot topics you would like to see covered to better prepare 
students for the "real world"?

I programmed for many years, but am just teaching now and I depend on my 
contacts in the trenches to help me construct my lesson plans to meet the 
needs and demands of this dynamic field.

Thanks so much.

Pam D
 << File: ATT00101.html >> 
+---
| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: 
david@midrange.com
+---




+---
| This is the RPG/400 Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---