RE: RPG instruction

The folks at Automated Training Systems faced the same questions you are
asking.  They provide training courses in RPG/400 and RPGIV (in addition to
leading-edge Internet training).  Check their courses out at www.ibmuser.com
<http://www.ibmuser.com> .  Incidentally, their courses offer the same path
you outlined below.
 
Suppose you taught only RPGIV and ILE, with no consideration of RPG/400.  A
student graduating from your school would not be prepared for JD Edwards
Worldsoftware, which is still written in RPG/400.  And I imagine that the
majority of ERP vendor software on the AS/400 is still in RPG/400 format.  
 
How about laying your cards out on the table for your students, i.e. 
    If they want leading-edge instruction exclusively, learn RPGIV and ILE
only.  
    If they want to get a job with any of the majority of AS/400 shops
(which use RPG/400), they may choose to learn RPG/400 in addition to RPGIV
and ILE.
Eric Lehti
 

----Original Message-----
From: JoJo [ mailto:jojo@pulse.net <mailto:jojo@pulse.net> ]
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:24 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RPG instruction


I am an RPG instructor and would appreciate input from the "field".  
We teach RPG in two parts - the first semester we teach RPG/400 and the
second semester we teach RPG-IV.  During the first semester, we also hit
some of the high points of RPG-II.  I teach the RPG/400 class.
Are there some hot topics you would like to see covered to better prepare
students for the "real world"?
I programmed for many years, but am just teaching now and I depend on my
contacts in the trenches to help me construct my lesson plans to meet the
needs and demands of this dynamic field.
 


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