Re: Web Enabling Applications - Richard Schoen Please Respond

Net.Data is not ASP.NET

Aaron Bartell
www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
www.OpenRPGUI.com
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com



On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Shannon ODonnell <
sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Is that a valid statement about Net.Data?

Richard Schoen, you have more experience with the Microsoft world on the
IBM
I than anyone I know.

I would very much like to hear your opinion on this.

Are MS solutions now out of date? There are now new version of the MS
Development Tools that were released this year...are they no longer a valid
choice for the long haul for IBM i?

Thanks Richard!

Shannon O'Donnell

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 5:18 PM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Web Enabling Applications

why on earth not stay in that environment in stead of beginning

to complicate things by learning another server side language -

I've been doing a lot of RubyOnRails this past year and have been amazed at
how much time I've been able to save by not having to write everything from
scratch. Need to communicate with Amazon S3? Install paper-clip gem.
Need authentication complete with password reset and tons of other
features? Install Devise gem. Need unit testing of the model, view AND
controller? Pre-built for you with generation utilities. The list goes
on and on and on and on - literally.

One of the reasons to consider a different server-side language is to get
to
market faster before you lose business. Like Todd I'd still stick with IBM
i and DB2, but there are times where adopting other languages and
frameworks
can make sense.

FWIW, don't pursue Net.data - bad decision on many fronts. Like coming to
a
party after everyone's left - still some meat and cheese to eat, and maybe
some watered down punch, but you missed the party and they ain't coming
back.

Aaron Bartell
www.MowYourLawn.com/blog
www.OpenRPGUI.com
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com



On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Henrik Rützou <hr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Todd,

if your legacy code and application runs in RPG and if your DB is made
in DDS why on earth not stay in that environment in stead of beginning
to complicate things by learning another server side language - if you
move to another platform you would have to "say goodbye" to all the
legacy code anyway.

Extend your skills in the new WEB 2.0 arena that is basically OO
javascript and UI client frameworks and don't waste your time in
trying to make a "strategic" server language change on the server if
the functionallity is already there in well known territory - to reach
the moon dosn't require technology that is able to reach any star in the

galaxcy.

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