FWIW WDSCi v7 works great and the knowledge you gain on using it can be
directly transferred to RDi. as far as the modular programming, that
really has *nothing* to do with the IDE at all. you can code modular
programs in SEU (or notepad for that matter). the programming
productivity gains are in using the additional functionality provided in
WDSCi and RDi, such as the outline view, content assist, verify, etc. heck
just the outline view alone IMO justifies the IDE performance gains. but
if you *do* use qualified data structures, WDSC and RDi are vastly
superior considering that content assist will reduce a ton of extra
typing. for example you have a qualified DS named "Customer_Addresses"
with subfields "Name", "Address_Line_1", etc.
in SEU to reference the "Address_Line_1" field you'd have to type
Customer_Addresses.Address_Line_1
in WDSCi/RDi just type in Cust then Ctrl+Space and select the DS name from
the drop down list, type a period after the DS name hit Ctrl+Space again
and select the field from the list. WDSC/RDi also remembers the case used
(if the DS is defined as Customer_Addresses, then on the drop-down list
that's how the DS will look when placed in the code, in SEU *you* have to
type the DS in mixed case, etc.)
the productivity gains (and justification) is in the functionality of the
IDE, not in programming design. the IDE (regardless of which one) does
not *know* nor *care* what you code nor how you implement the code. you're
expecting an Apple to BE an Orange...
Thanks,
Tommy Holden
From: frank kolmann <fkolmann@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 10/30/2009 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] The SAGA or is it Soap Opera Continues
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Dave.
I see from your comments that I could wait till we get V6R1, scheduled for
next Feb and give it another go. I now feel more hopeful that this will
work out.
From: "Dave Shaw" <daveshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
WDSCi V6 against V5R4 with embedded SQL? I don't think that's going to
work very reliably - I struggled with embedded SQL in WDSCi V6 and I was
running against V5R3 at the time. Install WDSCi 7.0 - it will work much
better, >and give them a better feel for what RDi would be like when you
spend the >money.
Dave Shaw
Mohawk Industries
midrange.com
