Re:

["David Prowak" <dprowak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: RE:

If your new to Java, I would STRONGLY recommend NOT using an IDE.

 

If you want to learn Java, then you need to do just that, learn Java.

Sit down with a book, and using notepad or some other editor, start programming.

When your done with your 1st book, go through another.  When your done with that one, go through another....

 

If you spend your time (at an early stage in your Java development) with an IDE, you'll spend much of your time

trying to figure out the nuances of the IDE and trying to figure out if your program runs the way it does because

that's the way it runs in Java, or because of the code that the IDE generated.  You may also spend alot of time

rebooting, as many of the IDE's have a reputation for being unstable.

 

Once you "know" Java, getting up to speed with an IDE, while not necessarily trivial, will not be that significant.

Many of the features offered in modern IDEs are really handy, be it a visual debugger or automatic syntax checker.

 

You'll have a much tougher road should you decide to start off with an IDE, as opposed to learning the basics.

 

Dave

----- Original Message -----

From: David Gibbs

To: 'JAVA400-L@midrange.com'

Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 7:19 AM

Subject: RE:

> I am a RPG programmer and trting to learn Java on AS/400. I have basic
> question. How do you enter Java source commands in AS/400? Do
> you use SEU??

You can use SEU ... but it's not a fun time.

Although I'm just now getting into JAVA (on the 400 or not), I recommend you write and debug your programs on a PC (using a IDE like VisualAge Java, Visual Cafe, or JBuilder).  Once you've got your program running the way you want it, transfer the objects (jar, zip, or class) to the 400 and execute them there.

david