Re: Anyone using Orion for editing yet ?

[Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Atom is excellent. If it matures, adds legacy language support and learns
to mount correctly IBM i file systems, RDi is out of business.

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:06 AM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I could see browser-based IDE's being the norm in 10 years or so.  We're
> just not there yet.
>
> Looking at the screenshots here (https://www.mcpressonline.
> com/programming/rpg/techtip-shoot-for-orion-with-your-rpg), I can see the
> similarity to VS Code.  That's ironic because I'm pretty sure I read that
> Orion is based off Eclipse.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Schoen [mailto:Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 9:42 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Anyone using Orion for editing yet ?
>
> So far you guys are confirming my doubts as to real-world IBMi programming
> use-cases.
>
> I watched an IBM video on it and their use case was: dude at the airport
> needs to make and commit a quick change so someone else can then check it
> out and build-it. I'm paraphrasing that but the general use-case felt a
> little fuzzy for real-world.
>
> Better option: Fire up my super-fast ultrabook and make a quick change or
> call someone at the office. Tell them: Do this and that and the fix is done.
>
> UI looks a lot like VS Code/Atom though so they get an "A" for porting
> effort.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> Director of Document Management
> e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> p. 952.486.6802
> w. helpsystems.com
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