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Java and the AS/400, Second Edition: Practical Examples for the iSeries & AS/400

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I am new to the AS/400 but have been programming in Java for 8+ years now. This is a very good book for those familiar with the AS/400 and needing to use Java on that platform. It got me up and running Java on the AS/400.

However, there is no discussion of server side java with either Websphere or Tomcat and the version of Java dates back to SKD 1.4.

I know that there are many more java tools out there, but the book is a little dated.

The puzzling thing is how much demand is there for programming Java on IBM's AS/400 series? Darnell writes well, and there is nothing wrong with the code examples he offers in this book.

But one way of gauging the demand is simply to look at the relatively low sales of this book, as told by Amazon. And also at the lack of any other review in the 4 years since the book was published. It strongly suggests that if you do not need to code Java on an AS/400, then you should not start, by using this book. Go onto a more productive topic. One in which there will be more demand for your skills.