Re: Is there a good Tutorial that is current on Websphere?

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah!  The right question.

I want to demonstrate that the Power i does it all.  One might choose to 
have various other servers, but that is a choice, not a requirement, right?

As I said, I am an IBM bigot.  This platform has been my platform of 
choice since 1971.  In all of that time, my experience has been that if 
IBM didn't provide it, I probably didn't need it.  More than that, 
straying away from IBM has, without fail, landed me in a pickle.  Is 
that a bigoted and idiotic attitude?  Well...  yes.  Yes.  But for a 
country boy who went to college when there were less than a dozen 
computers in the world, keeping up with everything is beyond my ken, so 
I stick with what is familiar to me.

Therefore, I am not into a discussion here about what things are named. 
 I understand IBM is using Apache and Tomcat and that is fine by me  - 
 that means to me that they have vetted those products, and those 
versions, and I am not hanging out there with problems coming from betas 
gone bad.

For now, I want to do a beginning-to-end application, perhaps a step up 
from trivial, but certainly not into the average category.  I want to 
try it out and see why there are so many differing solutions.

I have already installed a static website on an AS/400, and it worked 
slicker'n snot, so I am thinking that the Power i probably is better 
than a V4R5 installation, and maybe I should look at it.





On 3/4/2011 4:02 PM, Nathan Andelin wrote:
> Booth,
>
> I agree with Kevin. You can do a lot with CGIDEV2, even though its a relatively
> lightweight product. Or you can take the time to learn Websphere. Do you want to
> do a lot with a little? Or do a little with a lot?
>
> Also, regarding "the platform's capabilities", I view IBM i as one platform, and
> WAS as another. Which platform are you most interested in?
>
> -Nathan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Booth Martin<booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries<web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 2:40:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] Is there a good Tutorial that is current on Websphere?
>
> This response intrigues me.  One of the reasons I want to learn more
> about Websphere is that I admit to being an IBM bigot.  If I don't
> understand the platform's capabilities how can I expect others to
> advocate for the platform?