Re: HATS - Anybody using it on a regular basis -- WEB400

Thanks Luis.

I downloaded the manual. It is fairly comprehensive in its overview ofmodernization techniques and deals with each topic in enough detail togive you a pretty solid understanding of what the technology can do. Inthat respect, it is pretty good. But the HATS tutorial is a retread ofother tutorials I have already seen (they got a LOT of mileage out ofthe HATS 4.0 tutorial). The tutorial runs out of gas pretty quicklywhen you want to do system wide component customization. The screenspecific customization tutorials I have seen so far are good, it is justthe version of HATS they reference aren't current and stuff worksdifferent now.

I do appreciate the link. That adds another book to my library and I maygo back and read through the whole thing to get a better perspective onother "modernization techniques". As it is, I have until next Thursdayto get something pulled together and I haven't made much progress withonline references. I may dig a bit more into the internals, but HATSuses JSP's which I am not that knowledgeable about or (personally) a bigfan of so I am not sure how far I can get down that road.

I need "HATS, Step by Step" but Joe Pluta hasn't written that one (yet):-) !


Pete


Luis Rodriguez wrote:

Pete,

Although we don't work regulary with HATS, we have been evaluating it
and got the following redbook (draft)recommended: SG24-6671-00 -
iSeries Application Modernization

It looks quite complete, and *maybe* it could be of help.

Best Regards,

Luis Rodriguez

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message: 1 date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:59:03 -0600 from: Pete Helgren
<Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> subject: [WEB400] HATS - Anybody using it on a
regular basis

I am saddled with a HATS project and just need to find out if anyone
is working regularly with this beast and, if so, what resources they
used to get up to speed.

I need to fill in a lot of blanks quickly.  Like, within days.  IBM
has lots of stuff, most of it is repetitive and has paper-thin depth
of content (no pun intended) .  I looked at Redbooks, Redpieces, Red
Buttons, Red Skelton, Little Red Riding Hood but no joy....

If someone has a  "must have" HATS resource (books, tutorials, online
training, article...) that can be quickly and easily obtained, could
you point me to it?

Thanks,

Pete Helgren

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Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert
eServer i5 iSeries Technical Solutions