Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat,

Integrated Development Environment - is just that. An Environment where we 
can do MANY things at once. (not sure about InteRgrated :-). Instead of 
SEU-RPG, then compile, then debug, then SEU-DDS, then compile, then.... we 
can see ALL of these source members at once, and we can perform all of these 
tasks from a single place.

WDSc is an IDE - PDM is not.

It is my opinion that WDSc is a better tool. I assumed it would help improve 
programming techniques for most programmers. With the backlash here, I see 
that is not the case.

Trevor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Barber" <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch


> Perhaps you have come across a newer development method that
> does a similar thing ??? I have been a developer for a good
> many moons and I don't recall ever seeing a different method.
>
> Could you share your definition of "Intergrated Development" ??
>
> Trevor Perry wrote:
>
> > Aaron,
> >
> > If you are still coding in "edit, compile, run, fail, debug, edit, 
> > compile,
> > run, fail, debug, edit, compile" mode, then it would seem you are using 
> > WDSc
> > as you did with PDM - this is not a true Integrated Development 
> > Environment.
> > In that case, you ~would~ expect CTRL+S to save your member to the System
> > i - not to the PC where you are doing the actual development work.