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

by Daniel Darnell (Author) "In this chapter, you get off to a running start by looking at a start-to-finish example of a Java program created, compiled, and executed on..." (more)
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Product Description
Do you want to create and deploy AS/400 and iSeries Java applications that really work? In Java and the AS/400, Daniel Darnell ignores all the hype and gets down to practical examples to help you understand how Java works in the AS/400-iSeries environment. Not just another Java tutorial, this detailed book takes you through everything you need to know about the implementation of Java on these systems and guides you through several small application examples to teach the techniques and technologies available today for AS/400 development in Java.

The fully revised Second Edition provides updated coverage of the products and tools that play into AS/400 Java development efforts (Chapter 2), expanded and revised coverage of the Java environment on the AS/400 (Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7) expanded and revised coverage of the AS/400 Toolbox for Java (Chapters 8 and 9), and two completely new chapters. Chapter 11 helps you sort out the enhancements to ILE RPG that let you directly manipulate Java objects in your RPG code, and Chapter 12 takes a look at the tools and techniques used to develop Web applications, including a sample application deployed to the AS/400's Apache Software Foundation Jakarta Tomcat application server.

The reality of the software development world today is that programmers must be schooled in client/server, server-only, and Web application development. With the view of this edition broadened to include Java integration features in RPG and the fundamental aspects of Web applications, you hold in your hands a book that includes all three types of application development.

About the Author
Daniel Darnell is a consultant specializing in the modernization of iSeries applications through judicious use of the Java programming language and related technologies. He makes his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, but pines for the mountains of his native Colorado. His experience in the midrange world dates back to the System/34 and System/36. Daniel was an early adopter of Java, recognizing it as the first language capable of bringing object-oriented technology to the level of serious business software development. He was also an early adopter of the AS/400, writing some of the first "native" code for the financial industry. He is a technical editor for iSeries NEWS magazine and the author or numerous articles and tips in the magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 347 pages
• Publisher: 29th Street Press; 2 edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583040935
• ISBN-13: 978-1583040935
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,145,845 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good information, but dated, October 24, 2007

By	Stephen L. Mcconnell "boredom is a personal d... (Carrolton, Ga United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars how much demand for Java on an AS/400?, June 22, 2006

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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.