Re: Tool to Modernize IBMi Screens into GUI

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I'm with Don--but those infrequently-used programs are ideal candidates for
prototyping and building developer skills.  Do yourself a favor: for every
program you write early in the learning cycle, add an entry in the
technical debt log and commit to a rewrite late in the learning cycle, when
you can see all the ignorant stuff you did in the beginning.

Infrequently-used programs are the ones most likely to
enable/allow/encourage operator error and to cause
problems/heartburn/anguish.  Those programs need love too.

 Happy New Year!

On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 7:22 PM Don Brown via RPG400-L <
rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I concur with Steve.
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> One other point we found, not with a RPG application but with a java
> application using a framework, every update of the framework resulted in
> many hours of resolving issues caused by the upgrade.
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> For our transformation form green screen to browser we are working in PHP
> and started slowly identifying specific areas that could be done while we
> improve our skills and have completed a number of modules.
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> Also remember the 80 / 20 rule, 80% of the programs are used 20% of the
> time and 20% of the programs are used 80% of the time. There is minimal
> need to convert a control file maintenance program used once a year.
>
> Cheers
> Don
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