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About tools--- Dare I say it, Rob, I think that the WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSC) offers a lot of potential for a project like this. Very graphical development environment - just make sure you have the horsepower. Java, Cross-platform project organization (to some extent), version control, J2EE compatibility, built-in WebSphere Application Server test environment (did I say have lots of horsepower?) You could include a VB app in it and fire up VB from it. Or Delphi. Database development tools. SQL stuff. Web page designer. Customizable. Colored keywords Multiple languages (CL, C/C++, RPG, COBOL). BTW, I believe C++ is fully object-oriented, even on the iSeries. And the SCM companies Rob mentioned are working with it directly. Cool! Part of the iSeries extensions fairly easily enable running iSeries apps from WAS. Do I sound like Dean Henkel yet? (I was at a class on this a couple weeks ago, Dean was the emcee), with a number of other partners. I was very impressed with things. At 07:35 PM 10/18/02 -0400, you wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com> Howdy folks... I'm new to the group, fresh from the HP e3000 (15 years as a vendor). > > J2EE/SQL is the standard in my mind. > > Would I use it with my background? No. > > I would use RPGIV for my scripting/business Language. > > Gotcha. What you said makes sense if we go with the assumption that > Catherine wanted a complete OO application development environment. > > I guess I was just saying that OO application development isn't necessarily > the universal panacaea - traditional procedural development has its place. > What makes sense to me is to use a product such as PERCobol (www.legacyj.com) that maintains your existing COBOL programs and staff, but takes advantage of the J2EE architecture and Java. You can also call Java from COBOL and COBOL from Java. It is platform neutral so it can run anywhere. It's GUI, IDE is also based on the Eclipse technology. I used it to migrate some existing HP COBOL programs from the HP e3000 to an HP9000, under a J2EE environment and it worked great. Glad to be part of the group! Regards, David A. Thatcher Advanced Network Systems, Inc. Office: (908) 638-3330 Fax: (908) 638-3331 Mobile: (908) 303-4027 _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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