Re: 9.6 install

Finally!

My RDi "update" from v9.5 to v9.6 is finished.

FYI - I had to download the Visual Studio software and the Activation Kit (license) from
http://www-304.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess/index.wss

(Passport Advantage was the rabbit hole I went down last time)

Here is the tech note from IBM Middleware Support:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21669384

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Yeung
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 1:58 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] 9.6 install

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There is a whole list of progressively more robust tools for
development, which can start with Notepad and end up with
Eclipse/VS/RDi. The distinction I would think is the
build/compile/deploy/debug cycle support that IDE's provide and an "editor" lacks...

That used to be a fairly "pat" way to look at the distinction, but I don't think it is anymore. Visual Studio Code comes with some support for those things, and plugins get you most if not all the rest of the way there. So does it reach the "IDE" threshold?

I would argue that some debugging tools are much more robust than others, so simply "having debugging support" isn't as definitive as it might once have been. Similar for the other "IDE" aspects you cited.

VS Code is unquestionably vastly more feature-rich and IDE-like than
Notepad++. Calling a comparison between Notepad++ and VS Code an
"apples to apples" comparison strains credulity. (Not saying that you did this, Pete.)

But it's equally clear that comparing VS Code with RDi isn't exactly "fair" either.

With all the choices available today, I don't think the point is whether you are comparing the same fruit. It's a matter of what features you need, how much you can spend, which idiosyncratic quirks in the software line up best with your workflow, etc.

John Y.
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