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Hello Raul,
Am 17.08.2022 um 18:36 schrieb Raul Alberto Jager Weiler <raul.jager@xxxxxxxxx>:
Change is never very easy, but once you get the hang of web programing you will never want to go back to program dds for green screen.
To me, the real strength of the platform is how effortless applications with a full-screen interface and embedded help can be developed. I'm simply not interested in web programming. If I were I probably would do it on Linux anyway with a much bigger community and an overwhelming amount of readymade PHP code to pick from. But that's my personal opinion.
In context with the original poster's question, I still assert hat your suggestion is over the top. He was asking for advice for one screen to be built with windowing support. One screen of most likely many, being used by probably many users. And you told the OP to just throw this all away and start to convert to browser-based approaches instead. This seems ridiculously naive to me and — as stated — not the slightest helpful to answer the OPs immediate question.
Web pages can be navegated using tabs
On 5250 I can utilize group jobs which provide a similar functionality if I'd be in need.
and with the help of javascript you can advance fields and records.
This is the only thing I admit is something 5250 doesn't provide: A generic (programmable) way to interact with entered data on the client side. This can be seen as a problem, or as a challenge for the programmer to find other ways to build a screen which works well without such immediate interactivity.
A big help is to use the mouse with the left hand.
Learning to "mouse" with the "wrong" hand is really cumbersome. Much more than memorizing to use the Tab-Key.
Web programs receive a request, produce the output and disconnect. Does not tie a session.
I don't see any relevance in your statement.
Most of the time they are short and easyJet to mantain.
This might be true from your point of view and experience. I'm not arguing over the truth of your claim from your point of view. I'm just trying to make you aware that asserting "web interfaces are always better and always easier to program" is just not true. Especially when considering your statement that "you need to get the hang" of it, first.
:wq! PoC
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