Re: Future of RPG was: Open Access for RPG

[Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron,

I assume Henrik is saying that the Javascript *syntax* ought to be allowable
as a valid *syntax* for free-format RPG - not that we could actually code
Javascript itself into RPG.

I can see that this could be a good thing - being able to code procedures in
a familiar (to a web programmer) syntax would be nice. The resulting source
would be compiled into a normal RPG *MODULE object.

Basically, it's much easier to take a Javascript programmer and get them
comfortable with RPG if they can use a syntax that they are used to...

Rory

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I am having a hard time grasping what you are saying, but if you are
> talking about doing Javascript in-line in an RPG source member, then I
> still think it is a terrible idea for not only RPG but any server side
> language including JSP, ASP, etc.  Sure that works well for quick and
> dirty pages, but it doesn't take long for the need to migrate away
> from such an approach because it introduces leaky layers and
> dependancy on a particular UI technology.  For example, how long with
> Sencha (fka ExtJS) hold the top spot on the Javascript client front?
> Not forever, that is for sure.  So in turn you wouldn't want ExtJS
> Javascript code to be resident in your server side RPG code.
>
> But maybe I am still not following you...
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
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