March 7, 2018

MC RPG Developer

Lead Article - Programming

Practical RDi: Exploring RDi 9.6, Part 1

Version 9.6 of RDi provides a wealth of enhancements and new features; this article introduces some powerful new editor functionality.

By Joe Pluta

RDi is a fantastic tool for RPG development. Since its earliest days as WDSC (or however you choose to capitalize the acronym), the Eclipse-based development suite has been one of the premier productivity tools for IBM midrange developers. While the road has had a few bumpy little detours, each step along the journey has been better than the previous one, and version 9.6 is no exception.

Feature Article - Programming

RPG Academy: Debug Done Right - You Can Debug Anything!

With the ILE Debugger, you can debug anything. This TechTip will explain how to debug service programs, OPM RPG, and CL programs!

By Rafael Victoria-Pereira

You already know it's possible to debug a service program by adding it to the Working with Modules window via F14 during the debug session, as I explained a few TechTips ago. What you might not know is that you can also do it directly from the STRDBG command. It's simply a question of specifying the service program name in the appropriate parameter.

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Feature Article - Programming

ILE Tutorial: How to Use Embedded Sub-Procedures Within a Program

Say goodbye to old RPG subroutines, and get to know ILE RPG's powerful sub-procedures

by David Shirey

Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from chapter 7 of 21st Century RPG: /Free, ILE, and MVC, by David Shirey.

The idea behind a sub-procedure is simple: take some code lines that are doing a particular task, take them out of the mainline code, and put them in a little spot of their own. Very similar to subroutines. But there are some major differences.

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