RE: RPG instruction

[Mark Walter <mwalter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Please, Please, Please teach the cycle. I have run into so many contract 
programmers that were not taught how the RPG cycle works. Most of the work 
a new programmer does is going to be maintaining existing programs. Many of 
those programs, especially reporting programs, will be written utilizing 
the RPG cycle.

Thank you for my 2 cents.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From:   JoJo [SMTP:jojo@pulse.net]
Sent:   Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:24 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.

Thanks so much.

Pam D
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