Re: RPG instruction

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Forget teaching RPG/400 (III).  If someone knows RPG IV they should have very 
little trouble maintaining
RPG III.  You may want to touch on the major differences between IV and III but 
that should be about it.

You will want to cover all the different type of linking that IV allows, ILE, 
bound directories, service programs,
inline subroutines, intfacing to CL and CLILE, etc...

Since you teach the RPG/400 (III) class, this doesn't sound too good to you, I 
know, but... *shrug*

You will need to hit RPG II quite a bit, as RPG II is a much different animal 
than III or IV by a long shot.
QSorts, OCL, Index files, Program described files, Indicators, etc...

Regards,

Jim Langston

JoJo wrote:

> 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. Thanks so much. Pam D

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