WDSCi and RDi are mostly the same as far as an end-user is concerned, and where they are not the same, it's minor and easy to adjust to. When I did the RDi trial I didn't have any issues (that I recall) in regard to "How does this work?" Although they may have changed some of the shortcuts.
If you're going to 6.1, and don't ever plan on using 6.1+ enhancements (or relying on the IDE to error-check for you and not spit out errors for 6.1 enhancements that you are using), I would suggest trying to get management to pay for 6.1. In the grand scheme of things, it's not really that much, plus as someone who did a 90-day trial last August, I almost wish I didn't because I miss some of the speed improvements.
-Kurt Anderson
-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Deskevich
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:24 PM
To: 'Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Clientfor System i & iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Rdi from the ground up. OS 6.1.
Vern:
Thanks for the follow up.
Yes, we had 5.4 on. Would it be worth my while to learn WDSC 7?
Is the new product radically different? Or just given a new name and a few
enhancements?
I like free, (which does rhyme WDSC also).
Tom Deskevich
Tom
Did you have V5R4 on that machine? If so, you should have CDs for WDSC 7
- you can still use that, and there is no cost other than the time to
install and update.
-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 2:05 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
forSystem i & iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Rdi from the ground up. OS 6.1.
Tom
Did you have V5R4 on that machine? If so, you should have CDs for WDSC 7
- you can still use that, and there is no cost other than the time to
install and update.
There used to be bunches of tutorials for WDSC - went looking and am
found wanting! But I did find a Redbook on WDSC 7 at
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/SG247578.html?Open
Mastering WDSC V7.0 and WDSC V7.0 Advanced Edition for i5/OS V5R4
is the title.
HTH
Vern
midrange.com
