Re: WDSC vs SEU

[Adam Glauser <adamglauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

albartell wrote:
> [...] a good reason for adopting WDSC would be to attract younger talent.
> Put a 5250 session and Visual Studio beside each other and I can tell you
> what an 18 to 25yr old is going to pick - they don't care about
> quality/performance/stability/ect at that age (or most don't).
> <snip> 
> Young'ins like flashy stuff.


It's not just that it's flashy.  It's that for the most programmers new 
to the System i are used to the GUI way of doing things rather than the 
command-line way of doing things.  There will be a learning curve for 
anyone starting to use System i IDEs, whether PDM/SEU or WDSC.  I think 
it is easier to for newcomers to learn WDSC, because most will have used 
another graphical IDE, but many will not be familiar with the SEU way of 
doing things.  Even those that are used to vi, EMACS or Textpad will 
probably have at least as much trouble with PDM/SEU as with WDSC.


- Adam, a young'in