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Adele, If you have V5R1 or V5R2, you can order the WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSc) from IBM (or from the VAR that sold your company the iSeries) for free. If you are working with V4R5 or before, you are still not out of luck. Go to www.eclipse.org and download Eclipse, which is similar to the WebSphere Development Studio Client, except it does not have the iSeries-specific plug-ins. I assume you already know Java. If not, you should learn this first, to get away from the RPG "ghetto" that many iSeries programmers get stuck in. I recommend you go to Bruce Eckel's web site, www.mindview.net , and get his Hands-On Java Seminar on CD, the best intro to Java I have seen. You can use and run all his examples in Eclipse (or WDSc. There are several books published now to help you with Eclipse also. Here is some information about one by Joe Pluta, but there are others: http://mc-store.com/5059.html Once you know Java pretty well, study for the certification exam that Sun gives. It is hard, but I passed it in April the first time I took it. There are many other things you can do for free using your AS/400 or iSeries. Go to jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/index.html and download Tomcat. You can run Tomcat on your own PC, and even install it on your iSeries. To help you install it on iSeries, go to the excellent article by David Morris at http://www.midrangeserver.com/mpo/mpo021402-story02.htm With Tomcat you can run servlets and JSPs; you don't need WebSphere to do that. Finally, do not become discouraged I, too, work at an organization totally uninterested in WebSphere development. All they want are an endless stream of 1980s-style reports. But I have done all the things mentioned above, and others too, and I am confident that soon I will be able to find a job where WebSphere is used and appreciated. The economy in the US is picking up now, and it will only be a matter of time. If you live in France (as I guess from your e-mail address), you may be in a good position now that workers in any EU country can work in any other EU country. You know English so that will be anadvantage as well. Do not be afraid to move out of a company that is giving you no opportunity to improve your skills. Good luck! >>> adele_cavalli@xxxxxxxx 08/19/03 11:01AM >>> Thanks Mark, but as I told, my company is not interested in Ws development and I cannot download anything on our as/400. Therefore I would like to implement and run the whole thing on pc platform (server, development tool, etc) without any as/400 connection. Adele. Mark Phippard <MarkP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Adele, This site has links to lots of good information. http://www-3.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wdt400/library Hope this helps Adele Cavalli Sent by: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 08/19/2003 10:19 AM Please respond to Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400 To: java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: Getting started with WebSphere My primary job is only concerned with rpg and my company is not interested with new tecnologies, but I would like to start learning something with WebSphere - for my own at home - (platform Windows XP). I've seen there there are many downloadables for trial, redbooks, articles but I'm a little confused. Does someone can give me a suggestion on where I can start start from ? Thanks. Adele. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Testez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail _______________________________________________ This is the Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400 (JAVA400-L) mailing list To post a message email: JAVA400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/java400-l or email: JAVA400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at htt p://archive.midrange.com/java400-l. _______________________________________________ This is the Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400 (JAVA400-L) mailing list To post a message email: JAVA400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/java400-l or email: JAVA400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/java400-l. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Testez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail _______________________________________________ This is the Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400 (JAVA400-L) mailing list To post a message email: JAVA400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/java400-l or email: JAVA400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/java400-l.
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