RE: How can I "wow" developers with CODE in WDSc 5.0?

[Ben_Pforsich@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks everyone for the quick replies!  I wasn't aware of the LPEX editor.
Do I get there from clicking on the Websphere Development Studio desktop
icon?  Speaking of which, when I do click on that, it takes 2 minutes for
the window to pop up.  Is that normal for everyone?  I'm running v5.0.1 on
Win2000 SP3 with 1.6 GHz and 512 MB RAM.  Is Websphere that bloated that it
needs MORE than 512MB???



                                                                                
                                                            
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Ben,

IMHO I wouldn't take the time to teach your fellow developers CODE.  IBM
has
stated that it is being replaced with the LPEX editor in WDSc.  I would
take
them straight to the new editor since they will have to learn it sooner or
later if your shop keeps using WDSc.

I'm sorry I don't have any 'wow' things for you as I don't use CODE.
Things
that I like though are being able to display a file layout alongside my
source in the same window;  having a program outline displayed alongside
the
source and being able to jump to any of the subroutines by simply clicking
on the name in the outline frame; being able to verify source before
compiling saves time; more source lines displayable at a time.

A comment about your workstation sizes.  As you have probably noticed many
people here have mentioned that you need at least 768meg of memory.  I am
running with 512meg on a 1.7Ghz system and I am getting messages that my
virtual memory is low.  I don't do any web development so things are pretty
scaled down.  We tried to run WDSc on a couple of 256meg machines and it
wasn't pretty.

HTH,

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben_Pforsich@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Ben_Pforsich@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:53 PM
To: CODE/400 Discussion & Support
Subject: How can I "wow" developers with CODE in WDSc 5.0?


Hi, we're considering rolling out CODE to all other developers'
workstations in our shop (about 4 to 6) and would like to hear other
people's opinions on which features or specific functions that I should
demonstrate to instantly "wow" them?  I've been using WDT/400 5.1 for
several months and just recently installed WDSc 5.0 with the 5.0.1 fixpack.
Another developer was given a copy of the old WDT/400 version and after
installing it only used it for about a week.  Apparently it was not working
100% for him for some reason and doesn't have much interest in 5.0.  I've
not been completely converted to CODE yet myself because of its quirks and
occasional errors.  I admit 5.0.1 is much more stable and has fixed some of
these quirks.

We're running V5R1 and everyone pretty much uses SEU and SDA to develop
now.  We all have workstations with at least Windows 2000, 1 GHZ processors
and 256MB-512MB RAM each.  We'll probably only use CODE and not get much
into the Websphere Development.

I appreciate any comments or suggestions how to "wow" people.  Obvious
choices in mind are the whole Designer bit and being able to graphically
layout printer files and display files, online help, compiling and
debugging.  Also, are there any other features that we should be using that
I don't know about?

Thanks!

Ben Pforsich
Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
Food Products Division
I/S Department
Columbus, Ohio
Ben_Pforsich@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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