Paul,
I have also had the issue you are talking about, but I was using
8.0.3. It seemed to happen when I was debugging code and then switched to
edit some source code. Never was able to consistently duplicate the
issue, so hard to bring up anything to IBM about what was causing it. Just
recently moved to RDI 9.0.0.1, so curious to see if I run into the issue
again. I will post something if I run into again on RDI 9. As for you
50% success rate we only have 5 programmers on the iSeries side and 2 use
RDI and 3 still use green screen. Figure new programmers will want to use
RDI and over time green screen coding will diminish.
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From: Paul Bailey <PaulBailey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/19/2013 06:16 AM
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Promoting WDSCi, RDp and/or RDi
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I've been using WDSCi/RDi/RDp (from now on, just RDi) for many years, and
I have been the primary (if not sole) driver in getting my colleagues to
use it.
In discussions with my colleagues I point out the features that make
things easier, the tools that could make their programming lives just a
little better. This is a tough argument because SEU/PDM still does things
that can't be done in RDi, but I usually have a 50% success rate in the
number of colleagues adopting RDi. The facts that SEU is now static even
if RPG is not, and the general usage of an Eclipse tool will help
advance/expand their careers and skillsets are also strong arguments. The
learning curve is a downside, but I try to skirt around that.
I'm under time constraints all the time. It takes an hour or more to
install and/or upgrade RDi and that time is often precious and needed
elsewhere, so at the moment I am the only user in my company using the
latest version (9.0.1). Two of my colleagues are still using v8.5 and
today *both* of them came across the bug where source was saved in RDi but
didn't turn up on the IBM i (no errors, the source just didn't get
transferred.) There were tantrums, rants and toys were thrown out of prams
(slight exaggeration, but you get the idea?) and now both are refusing to
use the tool until it is updated. Their faith in the tool, and in my
advice, has been damaged.
I guess I am just venting my frustration here and I apologise for bending
your ears (screens?) but I am just wondering how successful others are at
getting their colleagues to use the tool. What are your best arguments for
all the SEU-fanboi nay-saying, and how do you recover from faith-damaging
errors such as the one my colleagues suffered today?
-Paul.
PS Can I get some commission from IBM for being the only person in four
different companies over the past 10-15 years that has championed RDi?
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