RE: iSeries-related plugins

A tool that I am finding useful that is a plug-in for WDSc is Linoma's
Surveyor product. The product picks up where iSeries Navigator stops in
respect to a programmers database tools. Note that it operates similar
to how CODE is a WDSc plugin. It will launch a separate window for doing
the task you selected while right clicking a file within RSE.

For the price this is a killer product, especially since they license by
iSeries machine with unlimited clients! They have some "Product Of The
Year" awards under their belt and I would agree with the nominations.

Other than that I don't find much to do with iSeries related plugins. I
do find a wealth of Java related plugins though, like MyEclipseIDE.com
which bundles a decent amount of plugins all into one package for $31.00
which I would recommend for anybody getting into JSF and Hibernate. I
was fairly overwhelmed with IBM's implementation of JSF and WDO.

Those are my thoughts,
Aaron Bartell

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All:

I have scoured the Eclipse website looking for plugins that might be
useful to the "traditional" AS400/iSeries/i5 programmer:
RPG/COBOL/CL/Commands, etc.  Most of the stuff I've found is either
Java- or Web-related.  While I'd hardly call those plugins "useless",
I'm looking for things that are related to iSeries-specific tasks.

SoftLanding has put out an excellent plugin for Spooled Files and
another for Messages.  All of the major SCM folks have plugins that are
related to their tools as well.  Aaron Bartell recently mentioned a
plugin for QuantumDB in the ClubTech Program Tips newsletter (which I
now have installed and find very useful).

I suspect that if more folks could find useful plugins and install them,
the number of WDSc adopters might increase.  After all, is WDSc an IDE
if I have to switch to a green screen for interactive commands, and go
to iSeries Navigator for other functions?

What interesting plugins have you found?  And where?  If we share
amongst ourselves, then get the word out to those not using WDSc,
perhaps we can inspire a few new converts.

Thanks, and have a wonderful holiday...
Bruce Guetzkow
Information Services Director
United Credit Service, Inc.
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