The subject of GUI is so broad, and the array of options is so lengthy that in
it's entirety it's incomprehensible. We've discussed and debated different
options for so many years that it has become tiresome for some to talk about.
Perhaps if you could narrow the scope of your question, it might be easier to
address. I don't have much experience with JWALK. I think the bank where my
daughter works offers it, but something like 95% of the employees using the
system prefer straight 5250. That's right, even the young adults prefer 5250.
-Nathan
----- Original Message ----
From: Alan <steelville@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, November 19, 2010 5:10:10 PM
Subject: [WEB400] Ideas for which GUI or UI, PHP or What.. (Was: IBM i in the
cloud (was social media))
From: Kelly Cookson I get my AARP card this coming February.
American Association of RPG Programmers?-Nathan
AARP? No, Association of Awesome RPG Programmers... I'm going with AMAC,
or Generation America, or the United Seniors Association. I'm learning
PHP, plan to go the whole gamut... Learning helps keep your mind sharp..
Now if I can just pull away from the screen and take more walks..
My shop has 70 percent old style Cobol (new style means being able to
use CALL PROCEDURE haha). Two or three of the ones with the best
business knowledge (from seniority) will be kind of ambivalent to
learning new stuff. My sort-of-coach in the business end (reviews code
for gotchas in the code base) said most of the guys didn't know what
%parm was. I had to take it out. I adopt to shop standards so I took it
out, although I think they can learn in one minute what it means if they
came across it.
The company was considering alternatives to the present green-screen
old-code based application they have for our part of company support.
One was to change what we have, another was a 3rd party application that
used JWalk. But then came a change in CIOs and other things and that was
the end of that 3rd party.
It's all on hold though, and I think they'll come back at some point. I
would like ammunition or comments one way or the other, in case they ask
this sort-of new guy (veteran RPGLE programmer..)
Another team at the company has used JWalk to front-end, but it causes
everybody to moan and groan and there was a bit of gnashing of teeth
when we thought we might move in that direction...
Comments?
--Alan
midrange.com
