Re: Books

New stuff is mostly done with Java (I do web programming for more than i5/OS) but the core (shopping, order inquiry) of our B2B sites is done with CGI in RPG with a little bit of Net.Data. I don't have any problems with creating new CGI programs since a lot of what I get asked to do that's new is a variation on something I've already done. That being said, if I've already done something like it in Java, I'll go that route instead. Also, when I do Java programming for i5/OS that has complex business logic in it, I usually end up writing an RPG program and calling that from Java (usually via a stored procedure but I've also done some things with the AS400 Toolkit).

The little bit of PHP I've done actually runs on a Linux box and falls under the category of minor tweaks to existing code (it's not work related either).

Matt

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From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pat Barber
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 2:23 PM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Books

What web tools are you curently using ???

Haas, Matt (CL Tech Sv) wrote:

You'll want to get PHP from http://www.zend.com/products/zend_core/zend_core_for_i5_os (you can get more than just the runtime from them and this is the supported version). Your understanding of what PHP is is correct. You are also correct in that there is a lot of trendyness for web tools. Java has several plusses (like lots of different tools available for various things) but the learning curve is very, very steep and then on top of it, you also have to learn stuff about the application server (WebSphere is one, Tomcat is another).

I haven't done much with PHP but it is easy to pick up on, it's cross platform (which is nice since you can mess with it locally but be aware that the version you can get from Zend has i5/OS specific parts), and there's lots of community support.

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