Re: EGL for RPG programmers ?

IMHO, this is not the correct forum for this question.

This forum, in my mind,, is to support RPG and ISERIES developers on an on-going basis.
Assuming that your POC stands for Proof of Concept, I would make a contribution to that document, if not as a decision-maker, then as an informed and affected influencer.
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/july07/developer/16318p1.aspx is a useful starting point.

Regards,
John McKay mba
www.rpglanguage.com
www.mckaysoftware.ie

----- Original Message ----- From: "Colpaert, Peter" <Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i / System i" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:51 AM
Subject: EGL for RPG programmers ?

Hi group,

The manufacturer of our GUI is preparing a POC for replacing our current RPG applications with EGL, in view of possibly moving from the iSeries to Windows (unfortunately the Philips philosophy is "SAP unless..." and "Windows unless...").

I'm a consultant in the "iSeries cell" to support the "legacy" applications which are being phased out.

So if I want to stay on the wagon, I'll need to look into EGL.

Is there any "EGL for RPGLE programmers" book or course available, similar to the "Java for RPG programmers" one?

Even an "EGL for dummies" would be welcome ;-)

I already downloaded & installed the RBD trial, and had a look at the tutorials, but these seem to be geared more at people who don't know the eclipse IDE. I've been using WDSCi since version 5, so I think I can say that I know how to work in it.

Thanks in advance for any pointers here (although our vendor told us that pointers are not supported in EGL ;-) )


Peter Colpaert
Software Engineer, Philips Consumer Luminaires

Industrieterrein Satenrozen 11, 2550 Kontich, Belgium
Tel. +32/ 3 450 74 09, Fax +32/ 3 450 74 33, Internal 1317
peter.colpaert@xxxxxxxxxxx, www.philips.com

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