RE: systematic approach -- RPG400-L

'Tom Cruise'

I don't mean this unkindly but I am curious as to how, after basic training
on RPG programming you seem to have found yourself setting up a project from
scratch - from setting up the environment to planning and setting up the
project itself - never mind the programming after.

I'm pretty new to this game myself and have been plunged in the deep end
many a time, but with your level of experience and given the task ahead of
you you must either have been very convincing in the interview or the person
in charge was very non technical.

I can understand you feeling daunted by the task ahead but I'm afraid that
these types of lists are for specific questions - you won't be able to get a
project plan or an A - Z of the initial set up.  It's time to sink or swim
and if you stand a chance of swimming (and good luck to you) I would suggest
burying your head in some manuals for a while and also maybe getting a
decent starter 'how to..' book or ten.  Either that or coming clean to
whoever is in charge about your level of knowledge and asking if they could
hire someone a little more experienced to help begin your task.

To be honest I think that there is so much to the AS400 - hardware,
software, environment, security etc etc that even though you might get by on
your own if you read a lot, you may fall into some pitfalls that a more
experienced person would be wary of.  Sometimes these pitfalls, although
they may not effect the initial working of the system can make maintenance
much harder later - reasonable naming conventions for EVERYTHING, well
planned programs and environment, building the programs together so code
isn't duplicated etc.  There is an awful lot to this if you are going to do
it reasonably well then I think maybe you are going to need someone more
experienced AND a lot of manuals AND a lot of careful planning...

Good luck!

Jenny M.

-----Original Message-----
From: TomCruise TomCruise [mailto:indian_tomcruise_24@rediffmail.com]
Sent: 30 August 2002 20:48
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: systematic approach


Can u please tell me systematic approach of starting a project?


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