RE: ILE make tools

[Bob Cagle <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

True, the only benefit I see in a CMS for a one-man show is revision tracking, which I can do manually with some comments at the top of the source.

Thanks

Bob Cagle
IT Manager
Lynk, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Campin
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:34 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: ILE make tools

Change management systems provide systems to build different environment, to move code and objects forward though stages but the main thing that change control systems do is provide security. It keeps programmers from putting source and objects into production without an approved request.

The problem in your environment is who are you going to lock out if you are the only developer? Introduces a lot of complexity which doesn't make a lot of sense for single developer shop.

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Bob Cagle <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm curious as to what tools others are using for building/making ILE 
> applications (binding modules, service programs, etc.).  I am only 
> aware of two freeware tools: COMPILE by Alan Campin, and BUILD by 
> Scott Klement (although it appears that the code for BUILD isn't 
> available online anymore
> - anyone have a copy?).
>
> With all due respect to Alan and Scott, are there any others available?
> I'm some commercial CMS packages include these features - Aldon, 
> Implementor, etc. - but I am a small one-developer shop, and these 
> would be overkill for my environment, so I'm being cheap!
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Cagle
> IT Manager
> Lynk, Inc.