Re: Debug in WDSC

Hi Bill,

I was able to get the debug to start, but
working in it is a whole other story. I stepped into the program and
set a breakpoint and hit resume and got a message that debug program and
ended and that was it.

Using STRRSESVR and interactive debug, there is a 'feature' that, if the 
programme crashes with an RPG/CPF error etc., the debugger indicates the 
programme has finished.  The STRRSESVR screen doesn't break with the error 
so everything looks ok - although it obviously isn't.

Make sure the programme runs to, at least, the initial breakpoint before 
using the interactive debug.

So far I am not impressed with the quality of WDSC. It seems to have
been released as a pre-beta version with many "GOTCHA's"...

I can kind of see where you're coming from...  WDSC has some bugs, and 
some weird ways of doing things, but there is so much in here and it's got 
to be better than SEU for development - even RPG400 development.  Used in 
tandem with CODE for DSPF/PRTF, development is WAY more efficient.  OK, 
sometimes I still use Green Screen for support because it's faster - SEU 
only loads 20 lines at a time where WDSC loads the whole source so SEU 
will always be faster!

The 3 year plan here is to move off the iSeries completely and find 

another

platform solution for our flagship application, I don't know if that
decision can be changed, the perception is that the iSeries is an
antiquated platform with no future.

It's been antiquated since it came out in the '80's but it's still the 
best platform out there - have fun looking for something better.  Look at 
the Developer's Roadmap (
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/enable/site/ideveloper_j2ee/descript.html) 
WDSC is the future!

Part of the problem is that it has

taken so long for anyone to come up with a viable WEB interface that
does not require hiring JAVA programmers and expanding the iSeries to
handle the load of WEBSPHERE not to mention the added expense to beef up
the desktops to handle JAVA applications.

Webfacing, HATS, PHP, CGIDEV2 AND Java.  And they're just the names I'm 
familiar with.

Regards,

John Minihan
 
Colman Computer Services Ltd.
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