Re: WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries, V4.0 -- CODE400-L

Luc asks:

"The new WDT delivers Websphere Studio Site Developer .
As I understand it, this is just a part of the full Websphere Studio
Application Developer. So we still have to buy extra development
tools, aside of what will be available on iSeries ?
Why doesn't IBM make WSAD available for iSeries ?"

Phil answers:
WSSDa is indeed a subset of WSAD. Specifically, it does not have the
EJB tools. Based on some research, we established the vast majority of the
iSeries
community is not using EJBs. However, those that do require EJB tools can
purchase WSAD
and then install WebSphere Development Studio Client. The install will
recognize that WSAD
is already installed and will insert the iSeries tools on top of it, versus
installing WSSDa.

Phil Coulthard, iSeries Software Architect,  IBM Canada Ltd.
coulthar@ca.ibm.com. 905-413-4076, t/l 969-4076


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Phil,

The new WDT delivers Websphere Studio Site Developer .
As I understand it, this is just a part of the full Websphere Studio
Application Developer.

So we still have to buy extra development tools, aside of what will be
available on iSeries ?
Why doesn't IBM make WSAD available for iSeries ?

Luc


----- Original Message -----
From: <coulthar@ca.ibm.com>
To: <CODE400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:50 AM
Subject: Re: WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries, V4.0


> Sam, Phil ... some responses to your queries about WebSphere Development
> Studio Client,
> and some additional information I'm sure you meant to ask :-)
>
> #1. This is the next release of WDT, and as usual we don't know how to
ship
> it to you
>       automatically,   so you will need to order it via 5722-WDS, refresh
> code 2655. You
>       need V5R1 or higher to order it, but it will run against V4R5
> systems.
>       For those who bought WDT as a workstation product, and have
passport
> advantage,
>       apparently it will be shipped to you automatically. If not, there
is
> an upgrade fee, as the
>       price of the workstation product (versus getting it with WDS) has
> gone up (way up).
>
>  #2. It is built on top of WSSDa (WebSphere Studio Site Developer
> Advanced). You do not
>       have to pay extra for this! It is a built-in part of WDSC. To buy
it
> separately would cost
>       $2000 per programmer. You are welcome!
>
>  #3. Yes, it fully supports XP for both home and office. I believe WinME
> support is gone, while
>         Win98/NT is support is still there but not for long. Like
> Microsoft, we are quickly moving to
>         a point where only Win2K and WinXP will be supported...
>
>  #4. Look at WDSc as a number of "plugins" to the IDE supplied by WSSDa.
> Indeed, WSSDa
>         is itself a number of plugin on top of eclipse. So, eclipse
> supplies the core IDE and
>         team-enablement, as well as the Java tooling (and the
> infrastructure for snapping in
>         plugins).
>         WSSDa adds to this:
>              - Web tools, including a WAS 4.0 test environment built-in
>              - XML tools
>              - Web Services tools
>              - Java application profiling/performance tools
>              - Database tools
>        WDSc add to this:
>              - RPG and COBOL tools
>                     - a pdm/cpo-like remote system explorer and built-in
> Lpex editor
>                     - iSeries projects for more disciplined team-sharable
> development
>              - Java tools for iSeries
>                     - remote import/export/compile/run/debug, program
call
> wizard, toolbox, beans, etc
>                     - the program call wizard generates beans consumable
by
> the web services
>                         wizard. Eg: quick way to expose an ILE procedure
as
> a web service)
>              - Web tools for iSeries
>                     - web interaction wizard, design-time-controls (web
> widgets)
>              - WebFacing, now tightly integrated into this and able to
> exploit the built-in
>                     Java and Web tools as well as the built-in WAS test
> environment.
>
>    #5. Eclipse and hence WSSDa and WDSc is totally extendible via plugins
> written in Java.
>           Watch for many additional tools coming from business partners.
> The tools for writing
>           plugins are all part of eclipse, so you can write your own too!
>
>     #6. CODE/400 and VARPG are still available "on the side". Eventually,
> these will disappear
>           as their functionality gets totally consumed by eclipse
plugins.
> But, alas, that will take a
>           few releases. In the meantime, they are easily launched from
> within the WDSc IDE.
>
>     #7. There are not too many enhancements in the "classic" CODE/400 or
> VARPG products,
>            but there are some tweaks to be sure. Mostly fixes requested
> right here on this forum.
>            Maybe we can get Hak and Michelle to list those enhancements.
> However, our focus
>            now is the new RPG and COBOL tooling inside the IDE, and
> evolving that to catch up and
>            then surpass the current CODE product's functionality. We are
> not there yet, but we are
>            intensely focused on it.
>
> Watch the www.ibm.com/software/ad/wds400 website over the coming weeks
for
> more and
> more information ... eg, we are just about to put up a bunch of
> presentations. By June 28th, we
> hope to have a number of hands-on labs and camtasia videos available too.
>
> Also, the July issue of the IBM iSeries magazine (or eServer I guess its
> called now) will have
> 3 articles on WDSc. And if you go to any conferences, like the upcoming
> iSeries Technical
> Conference in Las Vegas, we'll be doing numerous presentations and
offering
> numerous
> hands-on labs to test drive various pieces of this exciting new product.
>
> Oh, and please assume that once you get it, you'll have to get the first
> service pack that will
> be available coincident with GA ... business as usual :-)
>
>
> Phil Coulthard, iSeries Software Architect,  IBM Canada Ltd.
> coulthar@ca.ibm.com.
>
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