RE: Is RPG dying

That also depends on how old you are.

Some of us have been doing this since we were known as Data Processors (and
much older too but I don't know what they called themselves in the 70's).

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Subject: Re: Is RPG dying

There is a cultural thing here too. AS400 people regard themselves as
"programmers"; in the MS / Unix worlds, people regard themsleves as
"software developers".

Regards,
John McKay mba

On 22/02/2012 16:21, Nathan Andelin wrote:

Anyway, what would have been the best thing for a RPG and CL AS400
programmer to do back in 2000?

Back in 2000, there was a lot of new investment in browser user

interfaces.

Would retraining have been a good idea?

Retraining is probably not the right word. You probably would have been

well served by learning HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and the browser Document
Object Model; Adding that to what you already knew. You could have used RPG
to develop new browser user interfaces. Whether that would have been better
than "retraining", in Java, PHP, or .Net would probably vary from one person
to the next. I just want to point out that you could and still can use RPG
to respond to requests from browsers.

How about now?

Now, a lot of new investment is going into tablets and mobile phone

interfaces. Again, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the browser DOM would serve
you well. And again, so could RPG.

-Nathan

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