[WDSCI-L] Re: Installing a web change (was: importing a rpg orsqlrpg)

["Mark Phippard" <MarkP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Just so it is clear up front, I am not debating whether your architecture
is better than WebFacing, I think you architecture sounds very well
designed and thought out.

I do want to question you on a few points you are raising.

1)  You criticize WebFacing for using war/ear deployment but this comes
straight from J2EE.  Can you explain how you install a PSC/400 application
in WebSphere without packaging it in a war or ear file?

2)  You say that your architecture is easier than WebFacing because you
just have to copy the changed JSP to the server, yet this is exactly the
same way you do it with WebFacing (albeit with a lot more files).  Again,
why is it acceptable when you do it, but unacceptable when Buck does it?

By the way, WebSphere Studio can deploy changes directly to a WebSphere
server.  I am not sure if it worked with the iSeries in 4.x, but I believe
it does with 5.x.  You can definitely do it to remote Windows/Linux servers
in 5.x.  Of course I would recommend using a change control system to do
this, but I am obviously biased.

Mark