Re: RD Power v7.5

I think it's a bit silly to be worrying about what we call the tooling. Most
people can't even decide on a name to call the system/OS. Shouldn't we be
more concerned with that? I'm pretty sure the tooling doesn't sell the
platform. It's just really eclipse underneath it all anyway.

James R. Perkins

On Mar 20, 2010 4:35 PM, "Trevor Perry" <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I would like to ask all of you a favor. Since we all carry on about naming
from IBM, why is it that some of us have decided to obfuscate the process,
and call products from IBM by the WRONG name?

The product to which you refer is called RD Power - long name is IBM
Rational Developer for Power.

Please, stop calling it names.. Propagating poor/bad naming will only lead
to more confusion, more slams against IBM, more slams against the platform.
It is important that if you are loud in the industry, you should not be loud
~and~ spreading FUD. It is important that if you consider you support the
platform that you not spread misinformation.

On 3/20/10 9:44 AM, "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was comparing SDA and RDPi. Since you're quoting me, how about the
first sentence: "Even those of us who love Rational Developer for i
(RDi) have been clamoring for an alternative to the venerable Screen
Design Aid (SDA)". There is no concept of screen in SDA, which is what
the article was about - moving from SDA to RDPi. Feel free to point out
any other points of hyperbole or factual mistakes...

And to be fair, I didn't even consider CODE. I didn't consider CODE
because it's is obsolete technology. As for Screen Designer being based
on CODE Designer, sure, about the same way that RPG Free is based on RPG
II. :)

Joe

Tami

Thanks for this link. I checked it out and have a couple comments.

Joe says the idea of the "screen" is something we've not had.

Quote from the 2nd page
The concept of a screen is something new that we've sorely needed for a
long time; you¹re able to group related display-file records into a

screen

End quote

Not exactly true, since the CODE Designer has that very organizational
concept. It works in the same way, as you select the format to work on
with a "...click of the mouse..." in both. It was also possible to add
record formats to the display in SDA. That is admittedly not as useful,
since you can't save the "screen" there as you can in CODE Designer or
in the RDPi Designer.

The ability to drag off a palette is a nice feature and is likely to be
a timesaver.

As I see it, Screen Designer is based on CODE Designer, with more
capability and, I believe, an easier-to-use interface.

The article is a good intro to the Screen Designer, albeit a little
hyperbolic and maybe even a bit mistaken in detail.

HTH
Vern

Tami Deedrick wrote:

http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibmi/webexclusive/32123p1.aspx

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