Re: How to start with WDSC?

Hi Steve!

As has been mentioned, there are lots of good free materials out there to
help you learn the product.  However, none of it is really a complete
tutorial on getting work done in WDSC; it tends to be more task-oriented,
and you have to sort of dig out the pieces.  However...

<blatant self-promotion>

If you have some money to spend, Rochester Initiative (www.lab400.com) has
just released my new "WDSC for RPG Programmers" course which will take you
through everything you need to know to get started using WDSC as an RPG
development tool (well, everything short of actually installing the product,
which Vern did a pretty good job of explaining!).

The course starts with how to set up connections to your host machine,
including things like library lists and initial programs, on through
migrating from PDM to Remote Systems Explorer (RSE), migrating from SEU to
the LPEX editors, verifying, compiling and even debugging programs all in
the WDSC environment, all with very detailed examples using the latest
version of WDSC.

You can also get my book, WDSC Step by Step, which gives a broader
introduction to the tool, including all of the web development bits.  It's
based on a slightly older version of the tool (Version 5.1.2) but it still
gives you a good idea of what's available.

</blatant self-promotion>

Joe

From: Raby, Steve

Hello all,

Let me first apologise if this is the second time this has appeared we are
having trouble with e-mail here, if only more things were as reliable as
an iSeries.  :-)

I have just started a contract with a company in the Netherlands, the guy
here does not know anything about RPGIV/ILE so I am helping him with that,
we both know nothing about Websphere and actually the management here was
hoping I did so I could teach my new friend that as well, so we are both
eager to learn.

So where is the best place to start with WDSC? Are there any free courses?
We are on 5.2 here is there anything we need on the box for this?