RE: eRPG - RPG-CGI

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the comments!  Nice to hear you liked the book!

Brad

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> From: jpcarr@TREDEGAR.COM [mailto:jpcarr@TREDEGAR.COM]
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 6:32 PM
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> Subject: Re: eRPG - RPG-CGI
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> As a side comment on eRPG and serving web apps.    I am 50% 
> done reading eRPG by
> Brad Stone.   Great book.   I don't mind saying that Brad did 
> us all a favor by
> writing it.
> 
> If you are interested in writing  Browser Programs and have 
> an RPG back ground,
> Brad removes alot of mystery from the subject.    It doesn't 
> seem that nebulous
> anymore.
> 
> Writing RPG-CGI programs at this point seem very easy.    
> Better tools may exist
> (I don't know)
> However at this point(50% done with the book)   it seems 
> kinda like writing
> screen programs
> by reading/understanding/keying in   the DDS before you start 
> learning SDA.
> I feel like
> I have a better understanding of what's going on with things 
> like Net.Data and
> the like(they seem
> more like the SDA approach).
> 
> This may not have that much to do with the current thread,   
> But I would very
> much recommend
> buying a copy of the book and reading it.   You may be 
> surprised at how easy it
> is to write this
> stuff.
> 
> You can move on to Java,  Websphere and others later,  BUT 
> you can be productive
> now
> with your current skill set.
> 
> No,  this is not a paid adverstisement.   I just really liked 
> the book.
> John Carr
> P.S.   remember Hans and Barb don't write business apps in RPG,
> Don't think they ever did(? to my knowledge),
> They write  the RPG compiler.
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