Re: external *PRTF (was: RE: 'ILE RPG' or 'RPG IV' . What's the d ifference!!!)

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hello Joel,

It is part of PDM but you have to pay for it.  It is called Application 
Development 
Manager.  I have started using it again here and I like it.  It works very much 
like the 
source code control system I used at IBM (IDSS).  I am currently exploring it 
for ILE 
objects.  I will admit that I haven't used any of the third-party CMS offerings 
so I 
can't offer comparison comments.

It is extremely powerful, extendable, and has an intelligent build function but 
does need 
some thought in setting it up.

Once installed you'll see extra options on the STRPDM menu for working with 
Projects, 
Groups and Parts.  A project is a container for all related application items, 
a group is 
part of a PROD, TEST, DEV type hierarchy, and parts are the actual source code.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:44:51 -0700
> From: "Joel Fritz" <JFritz@sharperimage.com>
> To: "'RPG400-L@midrange.com'" <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Reply-To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: external *PRTF (was: RE: 'ILE RPG' or 'RPG IV' . What's the d        
> 
ifference!!!)

> 
> 0ah, you've hit on one of my favorite rants.
> 
> This is something I've wanted since I first learned that first dangerous
> little bit about ILE--project management software in the sense of defining
> the components of an application.  This is something that PC IDEs have had
> for a long time, and it's something the 400 needs to make ILE work well.
> You should be able to define a "project" specifying the source files,
> existing modules, and service programs that compose an application.  You
> should be able to do development in a project centric way, and have an easy
> way to identify the context of a given program when it needs to be modified.
> You should be able to control compiling and binding based on what you've
> changed.  
> 
> Maybe I've missed this, and it's a part of PDM already. <g>
> 

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