Re: conversion to ILE

["Scott Klement" <infosys@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What language are you currently using?  If you are running the
original RPG/400, there are many books available to teach RPG III
programmers how to use RPG IV.

Just learning the new version of RPG isn't a big leap.   Learning
the ILE concepts takes a little bit more, but if you've had any
experience with C programming, you're already familiar with many of
the concepts, and you just need to learn IBM's names for them :)

Try these links for books, CBT, etc:
http://www.mc-store.com/
http://www.news400store.com/

You said that you want to take a step towards Client/Server and
OO thinking?   I'm not sure that learning RPG IV will do that for
you.
     1) You can do client/server programming in RPG IV, but most
         likely you're going to want to write your servers in RPG IV
         and write your clients in something on the PC, such as
         Visual Basic or Java.   Learning these will be a much bigger
         jump fpr RPG programmers than simply learning the newer
         version of RPG.

     2) ILE RPG/400 is not Object-Oriented.   Learning it will not
         even teach you the basic concepts of OO programming.  I'd
         recommend learning Java for this...  You could also do C++
         but a lot of C++ programs will fall back on C programming
         techniques, and end up non-object oriented programs.  So,
         Java is usually a better choice for simply learning to use
         the OO paradigm.

Thats my 2 cents...


"Ronald Nance" <RNANCE@commerceinsurance.com> wrote:
> hello out there,  my team is looking at doing a conversion to
> RPGIV/ILE as a step toward client server/OO thinking
>
> how about a pointer to where I can find comments on :
>
> procedures taken
> education available
> what to avoid ....
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