Re: New to RPG

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brent -

Will your employer send you to a conference? COMMON and DB2 Summit are good
ones.

And what languages do you know? Modern RPG is not different than any modern
language. Names are different - service programs are DLLs and physical
files are tables and stuff like that. But anything you can do in VB or C#
or whatever can be done just as easily in RPG.

This is a good place to hang out. And the wiki here has tons of code.

Welcome!

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Brent Goben <goben.brent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My name is Brent and I was recently hired by a wholesale distribution
> company as a computer programmer. I am a recently graduated software
> development student and RPG was not a language covered in my curriculum.
>
> I have been searching and searching for any training materials or tutorials
> in RPG and have found little to no information available. I purchased Jim
> Buck's textbook *Programming in RPG IV, Fourth Edition*. This book is
> helpful to a point. But, I feel without a classroom structure as a
> companion, I am very limited in what learning I can accomplish.
>
> Having said all of that, do you know of anywhere I can learn RPG IV in an
> RDi environment?
> If this is not the place for this type of question, I apologize. I'm kind
> of running out of enthusiasm for RPG...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brent
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