RE: Beginner CL/RPG articles

I have Cozzi's "The Modern RPG IV Language," which I use for reference occasionally. I do not think even Bob would recommend it as a tool for a beginner to learn RPG IV. That said, though, I had to learn RPG II back on the System/3 from the IBM manual, which was atrocious. There were no alternatives at the time.

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Ancient book "Application Programming by Example". My copy was for V1R2.
A few things have changed since then. But it did a nice job of introducing a lot of concepts. For example, starting out in SEU to create some DDS to create a table to work with, accessing it with RPG, adding a screen, building on from there. Those kind of stepping stones.

Used to have a large library of ATS courses that started out a few of our people.
http://www.ibmuser.com/

See also
http://www.mantatech.com/?gclid=CLvR6Y-ml7ECFaVe7AodrRGW9A
http://partner400.com
http://www.400school.com/
http://www.as400online.com/index.htm
http://www.lab400.com/

To make everything else seem like a bargain:
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=course_list&subChapter=5003&subChapterInd=C&subChapterName=IBM+System+i&chapter=5003&chapterName=IBM+System+i

A lot of people seem to favor the books written by Bob Cozzi. I have an older 2nd edition left here by a former coworker. I've not used it.


Rob Berendt