RE: Where would you start?

[rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Gary,

5250 isn't an option - we'd have to add 400 interactive users to the less
than 50 we have now.

We have 'some' in-house expertise.   I've done a lot of RPG-CGI stuff, and
a little domino developement, and we have 2 other guys who're a little
better at the domino stuff than me.   I'm getting a lot better at ILE
concepts, and I'm pretty decent with html and javascript too.

I see the subject of separating business logic from presentation on this
list a lot, and i'm convinced this is a good idea, but I'm just a little
fuzzy on exactly how to achieve this.    I would love to see a best
practices discussion on this, and maybe a small example of how it's best
done.

Rick

-------Original Message------------
Rick,

Given you've charted the workflow it now seems you are at stage where
data elements can be mapped to a database (existing or to be created).
Once that is done you can decide on user interface - GUI or green
screen.

With GUI there is the choice of browser or writing your own fat client.
If you don't have the in-house expertise, or money to experiment some,
GUI is probably a phase 2 project.

With a green screen approach you get something in place rather quickly.
The remote sites would need an emulator though.  It can always be
GUIized at a later time.  Separating business logic and database
updating from of presentation logic will start you on the road to having
the application ready for your GUI project.