Re: GWT

["Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've used Pro-Gen for ages and love it.  I couldn't write a subfile program
from scratch and don't care.  The productivity increase of using Pro-Gen is
phenominal.  Your description of it is accurate.

--
Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Booth Martin
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:31 PM
> To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] GWT
>
> I have hesitated to respond because this could so easily turn into a
> Holy War.
>
> RPG, Report Program Generator, is a code generator.  Its how I make my
> living.  Can it be a surprise I like it?   As I look at other choices
> and realize how much RPG does for me, and how well it protects me from
> myself, I have be appreciative.  Does this mean I believe David's
> attitude is misguided?  Not at all.  He's a fargin' coding genius!  He
> doesn't need to be protected from himself.  :)
>
> I've used, and liked, Pro-Gen.  That was a code generator.  It required
> an attitude of going along to get along.  Tweaking generated code was
> possible, even easy and well documented.  However I never found an
> instance where Pro-Gen wouldn't do what I wanted done.  Tweaking it was
> a waste of client money.
>
> I used, and liked, VARPG which is a drag & drop application builder and
> I never saw any benefit to knowing how to create/edit .dll files.
>
> I learned how to write HTML pages with Notepad, but the move to Net
> Objects Fusion was a big leap forward in my productivity and
> sophistication.
>
> GWT is still not totally baked, but it does allow me to produce usable
> stuff, and is web-based,, which is where I want to go, anyway.
>
>
>
>
> James Perkins wrote:
> > Yes, that's kind of where I was trying to go, but it obviously did not
come
> > across that way.
> >
> > I actually don't know that I have heard your opinions on code
generators. I
> > personally do not like them at all. I don't like the idea of just
anybody
> > being able to program via a code generator. Having to maintain that code
is
> > an absolute nightmare. But that's just my opinion on it.
> >
> > I have downloaded GWT a few times and thought about using it, but it all
> > comes down to that generated code. Will it produce what I want? What
> > compromise do  I have to make in order to use it? All questions I have
> > thought, but haven't researched so they may not be issues in GWT. It
just
> > boils down to "I'm stuck with what ever code it produces" and I'm just
not
> a
> > fan of that. I should probably at check it out though before spewing all
> > these opinions.
> >
> > --
> > James R. Perkins
>
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> Booth Martin
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