RE: RPG and Web.. (was Using OO concepts in RPG)

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Brad Stone
>
> Most of my customers come to me after fighting with
> Java/Websphere for a year or so, just asking "ok, what can
> RPG really do?".  In a week I have them writing huge apps
> and on their own (yep, I'm probably the only consultant
> that works himself out of a job, but in a good way).

(You knew I'd have to comment, didn't you?  <grin>)

When I teach, I get people up and writing applications in a week as well,
only using WebSphere and Java.  Obviously there's a longer learning curve,
especially for folks who have never before seen HTML or Java, but that's
part of the new world.  And if you design your servers properly (to be
primarily vehicles that call RPG to get data and pass it to JavaServer
Pages), then the Java part is really quite easy.

Once you get a working prototype in someone's hands, they can usually pick
up the niceties of the syntax as they progress.

Joe