Re: Modernizing

[Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Batch RPG programs (no interactive) can be called via stored
procedures. Once you have those, the possibilities are limitless.

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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Richard Schoen
<richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually the choices are not so clear........  :-)
>
> Java and .Net are both good as are PHP, CGIDEV2/RPG, EGL etc....
>
> Depends on what skillsets your team has and wants to learn to enhance their careers going forward.
>
> A decent JSP site can be written using Tomcat on the i without WAS or too much complexity of setup.  Tomcat is pretty much load and go without setup.  Can't say that for WAS :-)
>
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> message: 1
> date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:06:12 -0500
> from: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Modernizing
>
> The CGIDEV2 tool is excellent.  Easy to download, install and get running.
>
> Having tried the Java route, I can say that it is massively complex to get right, and except for super massive web sites that require a full WAS server, in my opinion not worth the effort to learn unless there are other compelling reasons to do so.  In my case it was a Masters program where I had a choice of Java or .Net.  Clear choice there.
>
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