Re: Learning RPG

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/html/as400/v5r1/ic2962/books/c4156020.pdf
Who Should Use This Book
The intended audience for this book is RPG application programmers who are 
interested
in using ILE but who are not very familiar with it. Programmers writing in
other languages may also find the examples helpful in understanding the 
following
things:
What ILE is
How it works
How ILE affects programs developed in languages other than RPG
This book is not a revision, an update, or a new edition of Application 
Development
by Example. That manual is a tutorial that introduces the novice to 
programming
utilities on the AS/400 system and explains how to design and develop a 
simple
OPM application.
This book, by contrast, focuses on an ILE application. Reading the 
Application
Development by Example book before reading this book may be helpful. 
However,
it is not necessary, because programming requirements in ILE are different 
from
those in OPM.
This book assumes that you have already developed RPG applications. It 
does not
assume that you have read the ILE Concepts manual, although you are 
encouraged
to do so. Understanding the example contained in this book and the 
supporting
discussions may help you understand the material in the concepts manual
better.



Good luck finding out of print IBM manual entitled 
'Application Programming:  Application Development by Example'  SC21-9852 
This might be a good start.  Starts with the very basics (minor AS/400 
operations, 
PDM, SEU) and slowly works your way building RPG programs that get more 
and 
more complex.  Includes DDS, Query, etc.

IBM manuals work for some people and not for others.  I have some people 
who've done wonderfully with them.

Rob Berendt
-- 
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com