Re: Presentation on the advantages of WDSCi -- WDSCI-L

And be sure to check out the Library at the first link listed below.

There are 2 success stories, aimed at webifying the iSeries. TheLibrary has more on using WDSC for regular RPG development.

You WILL run into resistance the first time WDSC locks up - as youdid, I'm sure. But the trade-off in convenience for longerdevelopment tasks is worth it. Quickies are still best done in SEU, IMO.




At 07:52 AM 1/27/2006, you wrote:

In a perfect world you would do the following:  Generate excitement,
train, exclusively implement.

Generate Excitement
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400/
- Success stories
- You all get new, beefier, PC's!

Training
- We used Jon Paris, on site, for a few days (but that was pre-lpex days)
- Joe Pluta does this also
- See also Susan Gantner
- COMMON
- IBM Technical conference
- http://www.statususer.org/statususer/html/20060510.html
- A local BP had a training lab that sponsored a full day on WDSC from an
iSeries RPG perspective.  Could have used a little more time as I ran
short on debugger experience.  eweingartner at shambaugh dot com
- Tutorials in the product itself
- Books:
- - http://store.midrange.com/
- -
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400/library/iSeriesJavaAppDev.html
Don't get cheap here.  Dropping a grand or two on onsite training is cheap
compared to the lost productivity, or worse, failed installation.

Exclusively implement
- This may require management approval.  But I, and others, strongly
suggest that you secure (or save off and delete) the following commands
for the first month:  STRSEU, STRSDA, STRPDM, WRKLIBPDM, WRKOBJPDM,
WRKMBRPDM, and whatever GO PROGRAM option 1 does.  Failure to do so will
result in many developers pissing on management, and on all the money
invested, by refusing to at least give the new environment a try until
they get over their fear of change.  "Change?  That's for users!  Not for
me!"

Rob Berendt
--
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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Hi group,

Being the only developer here (of a group of 15) who uses WDSCi 6.0, I've
been given the task of presenting the "added value" of this tool.

I recall seeing a link to some presentations or PDF's in this list, but
haven't been able to find them in the archives or via Google.

Can anyone point me to such documentation that might help me convince my
fellow developers to step out of the stone (green-screen) world into the
present.

Thanks in advance,

Peter Colpaert
Application Developer
PLI - IT - Kontich, Belgium
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