RE: API documentation

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

Write it, and we will buy (provided the price isn't anywhere near the cost
of a training course ;).

(With apologies to Shoeless Joe)

Dave Shaw
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Guthrie [mailto:GaryGuthrie@home.com]

Dave,

I think I'm a little surprised to hear you say that.

So, once I finish the book I'm writing now (by the end of next week -
yea!), should I quit toying with the idea of writing an "APIs by
Example" book and go ahead and write it? If there's not an audience, I
don't want to spend my time on it! On the other hand, if the thing will
sell, it would be worthwhile.

Gary Guthrie
NEWS/400 Technical Editor


"Shaw, David" wrote:
> 
> These courses are easily justified for programmers whose primary
> responsibility is writing system utilities, however they are very
difficult
> to justify for those of us who are tasked mainly with making sure the
> inventory/payroll/AP/AR/GL/etc. application runs.  If we use an API more
> complex than QCMDEXC it's a red-letter day anyway, but the pain involved
in
> doing that once or twice a year is a serious dissuader for us.  This is
> where such a document would be most helpful.
> 
> Dave Shaw
> Spartan International, Inc.
> Spartanburg, SC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PARKIB@uk.ibm.com [mailto:PARKIB@uk.ibm.com]
> 
> >> I think there's a need for, perhaps in a
> >> separate manual or redbook, basic information on how to use the apis,
> to
> >> shorten the learning curve.
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