WDSC - Big, clunky, slow, and it has bugs. The green screen is faster,
quicker and more efficient. (So much for IBM's flagship development
product!!).
WDSC V7 will not install on Windows Vista 64bit. I use WDSC 6.0.
I only use the source editor - nothing else. The text editor has the benefit
of identifying which open/closing brackets go together.
WDSC is dangerous when working remotely from the office. When you save you
work, it appears that work has been saved, but it might not be. I have lost
work on several occasions, in some cases a whole days' work. I do NOT have
this problem working on the local network, only when working remotely. Now I
never use WDSC when working away from the office - it a waste of space.
Alternatives - well you can use any text editor, from NotePad, to Frontpage,
to Code400. This is very much open to personal preference. There are several
options available on the internet (eg. MS Visual Studio Express
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/express/default.aspx). All you need to do to
access the file(s) in the IFS is to "export" the directory(s) using Ops
Navigator.
I agree with Hans and Walden, you should learn OO concepts first as you
progress with Java. You will then understand how all the different files
(objects) hang together.
Regards
Syd
-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 03 October 2008 14:56
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [WEB400] JAVA coding environment
I hope this is the best place for this post. I debated between here and
PC-Tech.
My frustration level has been reached trying to use WDSC as a JAVA
development environment. Yesterday I spent many hours trying to test a
simple 'hello world' applet that took two minutes to code. I need something
simpler.
For those of you doing JAVA development, what development environments do
you use?
Here are my needs as I think I understand them today:
1) Learn the JAVA language
2) Gain an understanding of OO concepts
3) Understand applets and the use of java script in web pages
4) Ultimately understand the role of JAVA in web services so when WDSC
builds a service I know what all the JAVA pieces are doing.
5) Possible write the web service pieces from scratch.
Rick Chevalier
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