Re: Learning RPG

I do want to learn RPGLE, my boss is teaching me but I don't like to keep
asking questions when the answer can be found with reading or by T&E. I have
to make this prompt to ask the user if he is sure when anything but the
option "2" is entered in this program. It's not going well....


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From: <RPower@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Learning RPG


> You would do better to learn RPG IV or ILE.  A book I use for reference is
> "Who Knew You Could Do That with RPG IV?" by IBM themselves.  Other than
> that, reading the messages in this list, and looking at code written by
> "good" RPG programmers is a good way to start.  If the documentation in
> the program is good  enough, you should be able to read the program and
> understand what it is doing step by step through the code and
> documentation.  Some might even go as far to say that you should learn RPG
> free format, but that I think is a personal choice.  I like both but since
> our shop is not using free format, I stick to the structured version.
> Amazon.com should have plenty of books available for self-teaching as
> well.  Just do a search on RPG and browse till you find one you like. Like
> I said though, find a good program that someone has written, then proceed
> to pick it apart and learn what it is doing and the code will start to
> make sense, hopefully.
> HTH.
>
> Ron Power
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> Does anyone know where I can find some documents online to help me learn
> RPG/400? I have access to as400s and would like to learn as much as
> possible about programming with rpg400. I would also like to learn some
> general commands for the as400 as well as commands used in programming,
> like %trim() etc.
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> I like creating web apps that intergrate with background applications on
> linux with php and would like to do the same thing on the 400 with rpg.
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