RE: "Webulating" RPG -- MIDRANGE-L

** Reply to note from bmegenity@ruskin.com Wed, 25 Feb 1998 7:53:53 -0600

> Chris, 
>      Not so fast there. I have been working on the AS/400 since 1988. I    
> have heard of Code/400 before, but then, there are hundreds, if not    
> thousands, of products of which I have also heard. It sounds interesting    
> but where do I go for more details. But not an overwhelming flood of    
> details. IMHO that is part of the problem. IBM sends out so much    
> information that it gets somewhat overwhelming. I don't know the answer.    
> In fact, I sort of lost track of my question...oh yes...I am interested    
> in Code/400. What is it? What does it do? What does it replace? What are    
> the requirements? And, what does it cost? Who can tell me this in 2 or 3    
> paragraphs. 
>      I appreciate the many responses you have made since I joined this    
> conference last December and the time you take from your life to help the    
> rest of us. Just keep banging your head against the wall. Trust me, you    
> get kind of a lost feeling when you quit. 
>      Thanks again.   Bill Megenity   bmegenity@ruskin.com

Sorry if I was zooming by. Code/400 is probably one of my "pet peeves." It
is a wonderful product that IBM has pushed for years, but with very little
success. I worked at a shop once where I installed and used Code/400. After
I left, the shop never used it again. I talked with the MIS director for
the site and he said that although he had the licenses, he didn't know how
long it would take for the programmers to learn to use it, SO HE JUST KEPT
THEM USING SEU!!

Code/400 is part of the Application Development Tool Set/Client Server. It
"replaces" PDM. Not really, it just augments it for PC users.

It has an awesome editor, the LPEX editor, which by itself will probably
bump productivity 10%. You just can't tell how much an editor can do for
you until you are really using it.

And it has a fantastic debugger. It is a full featured interactive debugger
with a PC based interface. 

Plus, of course, the screen/report layout designer. I have heard this is
updated in the new version.

IBM is not the only one out with a suite of tools for development using PC
features and developing code for the AS/400. But market acceptance of these
tools is really, really slow.

There is also a Code/400 list server. If interested I can get you that. I
am sure Jon Paris can get you pricing and stuff, right now I have to get my
daughter to school!!


Chris Rehm
Mr.AS400@ibm.net

How often can you afford to be unexpectedly out of business?
Get an AS/400.
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