Re: Developing a webapplication with JSF/J2EE: where do I start?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ewout

I've not done much with this but have looked around

There are several tutorials, etc., in RDi itself - look on the Help menu
You could look at the site for WDSC - 
http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/wdt400 - it's not for RDi specifically, 
but others can say whether anything there is helpful.
The RDi site is http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/rdi and 
is a vast ocean - again, others can help you navigate better than I can.

My sense on books on JSF can be used pretty easily - just need the right 
kind of connection to the database, whatever it is. I remember doing a 
lab session at COMMON on the JSF stuff - very easy in WDSC - nice - to 
this rookie - nice sets of component trays.

HTH
Vern

Ewout N Boter wrote:
> We are investigating some possibilities to jump on the web-application 
> bandwagon. Our resources are limited, and we have decided to explore two 
> alternatives: Groovy on Grails on one hand, and a combination of JSF, J2EE 
> and IceFaces on the other hand. (If anyone can convince us that one of 
> these alternatives is by far better than the other, we might consider to 
> drop one alternative immediately!). I will start exploring the latter 
> alternative, and a colleague will follow the Groovy-trail. 
>
> Now, an obvious question is: where do I start? In my opinion, it's very 
> important to make sure that we can connect to the DB2/400 database on our 
> iSeries. Most of the tutorials and books on JSF seem to focus on other 
> types of databases, but we are exclusively dealing with the iSeries. So, I 
> think my first goal should be to make sure that I can access the tables in 
> our database in an easy, secure, and well-performing way.
>
> For your information: we are already using RAD (f.k.a. WDSCi). However, it 
> would not be a problem if we would have to use a separate install of 
> Eclipse. 
>
> I hope someone can give me some good suggestions for examining 
> iSeries-oriented tutorials, books, etcetera. Other suggestions (for 
> example for choosing the right set of tools and technologies) will also be 
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Ewout
>