RE: VAJAVA vs CODE/400 -- JAVA400-L

Mark, if you're not doing serious Java work, then VAJ may not be the tool
for you.  Especially if you're doing something like a remote database access
file maintenance program.  This is something that should never see the light
of day in production, so client/server design and debugging aren't
important.

If what you want is a code generator, then you're not doing any of the OO
stuff that makes VAJ so powerful, so the IDE isn't important.  JBuilder is
probably the best of that lot (although even there, IBM's visual programming
environment isn't bad).  Actually, you might want to look into NetBeans;
it's a pretty graphical editor, and it understands layout managers and stuff
like that.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-java400-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-java400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of
> MWalter@hanoverwire.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:26 AM
> To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: VAJAVA vs CODE/400
>
>
>
> Shawn's issue is one that I forgot about and another downside. If
> I want to
> work on VB Code at home, I just connect to my work pc through a POTS line,
> open the project off of my work pc and I'm golden. With the
> repository type
> construct, I'd have to export the project on which I am working, and then
> when I'm done, I'd have to Import it again the next day. Leaves allot of
> room for corruption.
>
>  And another issue are the system requirements. Although the company for
> which I work tries to give me the best equipment and tools available, I
> cannot buy a new computer every time a major processor upgrade is
> released.
> I'm currently using a PII 400 w/ 128 mb of memory. Apparently this is not
> near enough. I, like many others in iSeries application development, wear
> more than one hat. I support RPG code, am a backup operator, take care of
> our NT Lan/Wan and am the EDI coordinator. If what I'm hearing is correct,
> I'd need a PIII with at least 512 mb of ram just for VAJAVA, and another
> computer for 5250, CODE/400, EDI Software.......
>
> As for using VAJAVA with my laptop, It is a p133 with 48 mb of ram. It
> ain't happening!!!
>
> I'm looking for a simple IDE that will generate the Java code for the UI
> and let me fill in the other stuff. I've never seen Visual J++. I don't
> even know if it's available any more with .NET and C# well under
> way. All I
> know is I've been working on a learning project. A simple maintenance
> program over one file. The UI code is 75% of the whole project.
> It's tough.
>
> Have a great day,
>
> Mark

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