Re: RDI

Hi Ron,

Congrats on making a big step towards much higher productivity for your RPG coding!

You've already had some great suggestions which are great.

I'll also (immodestly) add some resources of my own for you to check out - most of whom were created in conjunction with Jon Paris.

You can peruse a collection of dozens of articles & blog posts relating to RDi that Jon and/or I have created over many years on our Authory page for RDi:
https://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner?collection=RDi-c4cd8737c480340899437a6fb6fd06277 <https://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner?collection=RDi-c4cd8737c480340899437a6fb6fd06277>

To get your started, I'd suggest checking out these from that collection:

"Why RPG Developers are Adopting RDi <https://techchannel.com/SMB/02/2019/rpg-developers-adopt-rdi>" - You seem to be decided on it already but there may be a few things in there that you may not know about that I find essential. https://techchannel.com/SMB/02/2019/rpg-developers-adopt-rdi <https://techchannel.com/SMB/02/2019/rpg-developers-adopt-rdi>

There's also a video companion of that article with demos and a few more bits at the end on the System i Developer YouTube page:
5 Reasons IBM i RPGers Are Switching to RDi <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-qrByv0zY&t=3423s>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-qrByv0zY&t=3423s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-qrByv0zY&t=3423s>

Also from the SiD YouTube page, a video on getting started with RDi debugging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=125kG12YyLw&t=2s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=125kG12YyLw&t=2s>

Also from the collection- one of my fave blog posts on RDi was orignally posted by Buck Calabro here on Midrange.com (published with permission on our blog many years ago) which summarizes many of those cool things that many RDi useres have come to take for granted:

"SEU Was Holding Me Back <https://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner/SEU-Was-Holding-Me-Back-a4df21fa679e24859aed18d96e8bb44f0>"
https://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner/SEU-Was-Holding-Me-Back-a4df21fa679e24859aed18d96e8bb44f0 <https://authory.com/JonParisAndSusanGantner/SEU-Was-Holding-Me-Back-a4df21fa679e24859aed18d96e8bb44f0>

You may notice a recurring theme in the collection of articles revealing my penchant for keyboard shortcuts. You can download a PDF of my own list of favorite shortcuts here:
https://www.systemideveloper.com/pages/downloads/RDiShortCuts/ <https://www.systemideveloper.com/pages/downloads/RDiShortCuts/> (Note: not 100% up to date and - inexplicably - not yet available for Mac users, like me!)

If you haven't guessed, RDi is a favorite topic of mine. I've had a lot to say about it over the years.

<vendor> One last resource I'll mention - with a forewarning that unlike the ones listed above, it's not free. For completeness, I'll mention that I'm doing a live half-day workshop via Zoom on Sept 21 called "RDi Quick Start for PDM Fans". fwiw, there's also a workshop in the series on "Is Code for IBM i Right for You? If interested you can get info about the RDi workshop (and others) here:
https://systemideveloper.com/pages/events/workshops/ <https://systemideveloper.com/pages/events/workshops/> </vendor>

Have fun exploring what a real code editor/IDE is like! I hope you'll love it as much as I do.

Susan Gantner

On Aug 4, 2023, at 2:52 PM, Ron Koontz <rkoontz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm an old school SEU programmer and want to get into RDI. I have it and played around with it but is there a good resource anyone has found real helpful? I know there are many "google" sites etc.. I program in .net as well so the interface looks familiar but just want to get the most out of it I can. On that note, any cool things anyone has done with it that is not the "norm"?


Thanks---Captain Ron


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