RPG IV Books

[jaws1972]

I have a question that I am sure has been asked a thousand times but I can't find the answer on the keyword searches

I have just been thrown in at the deep end and been "asked" to make sense of someone elses RPG programs

While I can read them and understand them, I don't have the first idea about how to edit them, or write my own programs from scratch

What I need is a recomendation on a few RPG Beginners books to get me going

Any ideas ?

Thanks

 

[onpnt]

Hi jaws1972

I would recommend "Programming in RPG IV" second edition authors Bryan Meyers and Judy Yaeger.

This book was chosen for a class at my college by a few of us (I tutor) and it was found to be a good starting point for most of the intermediate programmers. The book does not go into great depth on certain aspects of the material covered but it does cover a far amount of the newer functions and methods available in ILE. I think my only critisism of the book is the lack or should say short chapters on the use of the CHAIN, SETLL etc.. functions.

you can also find a few good resources here

http://www.midrange.com/index.html

plus a book store

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[jaws1972]

Thanks onpnt

I had found the same book on amazon and it had some good reviews. Glad to see someone confirm that it seems a good book

Cheers

 

[tdacquisto]

Anything by Bob Cozzi I highly recommend.

 

[rpgguruhere]

how big is the program?
I can help you to understand it. Send me the source.