RE: New Era: Your Opinion
On Thu, 6 Jul 1995 15:21:04 GMT paul.d.finkel wrote: >I am the "project leader" (read: only guy left who knows the system) >for an 8-year-old SE app. It will be migrated to a new machine >(NCR34XX) and a new vers of UNIX and new version of Informix. > >My customer and I are attemtping to determine the expenses and >troubles involved in migrating to client/server. > >Here's the concern: our local Informix tech support guy, who has >been unfailingly helpful, has suggested moving the app to c/s with >Informix's New Era. He says it will be much easier than a total redesign >with Powerbuilder (for example). > >Any comments or concerns or personal stories about New Era would be >appreciated. > IMHO, moving 4GL to NewEra is definitely easier because there is no such thing as 4GL to PowerBuilder, as far as I know. For a 4GL programmer, most of the NewEra language is instantly familiar to you. But there is added functionality that is totally new and alien, ie the object orientation. Why don't you ask for an evaluation of NewEra for four weeks, and try out some simple migration exercises??? If after the trial period, you are comfortable, then it is the way to go!! In my case, I needed those four weeks to began geting a hang of the environment, and started serious learning of the capability. It is a really fun experience, but I don't have the pressure of a dateline. :-) You know, my feeling is, if you can live with 4GL, NewEra should be a great experience. It strength lies in the fact that I oculd hide behind the 4GL language as I slowly re-orientate myself to the world of Objects, and the event-driven windows environment. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Calvin Ng email: <calvinng@brel.com.sg> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [DISCLAIMER] Read at your own risks. The author is not liable for any consequences directly or indirectly involved with reading this mail. This mail MAY NOT be interpreted as those of my employer's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This mail is sent with the help of Chameleon TCP/IP for Windows. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=