Re: Web serving from the AS/400

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't be afraid of HTML. There are several sources for learning the html
that runs well in multiple browsers.
I took several on-line courses from www.ed2go.com They provide their courses
thru community colleges everywhere. They have Basic HTML, Advanced HTML, Web
Graphics, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, CGI-Bin, JavaScript, Search Engines, Java
and more. I took Basic & Advanced HTML, and Web Graphics. Very well done.
For HTML, there are some MS-FrontPage alternatives free or cheap. Try
http://www.evrsoft.com/company/ for First2000, an free HTML design tool, or
http://www.sausage.com/ for HotDog, a cheap HTML design tool. These are not
major dev tools, but they have the buttons & help to build HTML rapidly,
without having to lookup every tag & what it does.
The two courses above gave me the foundation needed, plus some insight into
how to build fast, efficient pages. Your html can be a major drag on
performance. The sad/funny part is that, after completing the two courses
over 6 weeks, my 14 year old daughter sat down and learned it all in 3 days
(during a snowstorm last winter).
For a reference book, I use "Using HTML 4, XML, and Java 1.2"  published by
Que.
If anyone knows a more advanced HTML tool, with support for multiple
browsers, please let me know.
Hope this helps.
Jim Franz
----- Original Message -----
From: <booth@martinvt.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Web serving from the AS/400


> Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall.
>
> You just gave the single most compelling reason I've seen yet for
> externally described printer files.  I wish I'd started using them 5 years
> ago instead of 2 years ago.
>
> HTML reminds me a great deal of CL in that it is easy to be passably good.
>  The crunch of course is Microsoft's determination to hijack the internet
> and their decision to "extend" everything they touch.  As a result I am
> finding HTML to be dangerous.
>
> But you talked me into it.  Buy Brad's book, buy it off Midrange.com to
> keep David's efforts solvent.  Thanks John. Will do.
>
> _______________________
> Booth Martin
> Booth@MartinVT.com
> http://www.MartinVT.com
> _______________________
>
>
>
>
> jpcarr@TREDEGAR.COM
> Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> 06/18/2000 12:27 PM
> Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
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>         To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
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>
> Booth
>
> I bought Brad Stones's   e-RPG  book.   Buy it!
>
> I just took a complicated P & L report program I did in RPGIV(it took a
> long time to write  years ago).
> Within an hour I converted the WRITE to the printer file to out put to the
> Browser !!!!
>
> The users  have the report online, in a Browser now !.    What is
> incredible is that I leveraged the
> existing application designed to print,  to output to the browser, which
> it
> was never intended to do.
>
> VERY VERY Easy !!!
>
> The users are thrilled.   They think we are finally doing "Modern"
> programming(ie browser output).
>
> The inquiries and reports are now links off our intra-net.
>
> They do not know that I am still using an Archaic language like RPG.
>
> They probably think I am using some thing like Java, VB or some "Modern"
> language.
>
>
> Bottom line.   RPG-CGI programs ROCK !   If you want to put stuff up
> quick,
> Reuse existing logic.  It ROCKS.
>
> It will give you time to learn Java and other strategic directions and be
> productive (and look good to your managers) while you are learning.
>
> Next step?   Double my rates as now I'm an Web Developer !  <VBG>
>
> John Carr
> EdgeTech
>
> P.S.  buy a book on HTML and learn it.   It's the CL of the internet.
>
>
> -----------------------------
> Lets say I used the web server on a box at V4R4.  Could I get data from
> the web page into an RPG program easily using something like Net Object
> Fusion to make the web pages?
> _______________________
> Booth Martin
> Booth@MartinVT.com
> http://www.MartinVT.com
>
>
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