Re: Advice about moving to a Web-environment

[Ron_M@xxxxxxxxxx]

I did the same thing, started working on CGI and then said the heck with 
it, I?m fully committing to the world of Java web development. 

You mentioned you were starting with an applet, now you need to decide if 
you want to use Swing or SWT (http://www.eclipse.org/swt/) or RCP for your 
UI. I guess if the goal is to learn more Java and use JDBC go for it, it 
all helps. Otherwise, if you really don?t plan to go down the whole applet 
road, stick with the goal of learning JSP?s and not muddy the waters 
learning Swing or SWT or RCP.

Where to start? Start by studying a web app that already works like the 
application that was published in chapter 12 of ?Java and the AS/400? 
(http://www.systeminetwork.com/str/books/Uniquebook2.cfm?NextBook=215) .
You can download the code from the above web site. Study it, take it 
apart, change it, change the JDBC to use your own iSeries files. This is 
how you?ll learn.

There was an article published recently that you should read: ?Web 
Development for RPG Programmers in Five Straightforward Steps?. Check it 
out, 
http://www.mc-showcase.com/mcpress/showcase.nsf/Focus/46413D0537623E6E8625724400063CFB?OpenDocument
 

I think the author gives a fair assessment of how much time it's going to 
take to learn this technology.

Good Luck
Ron


Ewout wrote:
<SNIP>
> Our main problem is that we know about the tools and the technologies, 
but we don't know how to really get going. >(You might compare it to 
building a home. There's some piece of bare ground in front of us, we have 
our toolbox >ready, but we do not have a detailed blueprint to actually 
start the construction.) Reading your comments, I think >it might be a 
good idea to start with an application that only allows querying one or 
more tables.
<SNIP>


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