Re: Skills required for New Era development

Calvin Ng (calvinng@technet.sg) wrote: : On 6 Jun 1995 19:09:46 GMT Jeff Webster wrote: : >I would truly appreciate input from anyone in this news group doing New Era : >development regarding the following questions: : > : I don't really do development work with New Era, but here is some experience that : I have. I've been working on a eval/pilot with New Era for the past 2 months, so here's my perspective so far. : >1) Does having previous Informix 4GL experience help or hurt a prospective : >New Era programmer? : Yes, having 4GL experience will help to a certain extend, at least you know how : to write reports, have no problem retieving data, and massaging them. : But of course, on the other hand, it will hinder becuase the interaction portion : is totally different, and require some re-learning. I'm sure it helps to a degree, just as long as you aren't so "glued" to the methods that you can't see the need for the new OO approach. : > : >2) Does each memeber of the development team need to have strong C++ : >skills? : No, I don't find C++ knowledge being required at all. But having them just might : prove useful with the classes, objects stuff. No comment here. : > I didn't hace C++ experience either - but think it would have shortened my learning curve if I had had some exposure - at least a good understanding of the concepts. : >3) Does each member of the team need to have strong OOD and OOP skills? : Not necessary. I started out with no knowledge of those, and still is. Unless : I' the odd one out, I don't feel a compelling need to know those things. On the : other hand, for long term onvestment, it probably pays to have such skills, and : start using them in the design of classes. To work harder only and design good : reusable classes now will certainly prove usefull in the future (provided its : well documented, that is. look forward tothe repository) : > I'm sure these would help when I get beyond my first application and want to start writing reusable modules - otherwise it's too easy to slip into "cut & paste" mode and not get the full benifits of the product! : >4) With respect to previous questions, could a New Era development team be : >made up of a mix of 4GL programmers and C++ programmers, with the C++ : >programmers contributing the OOD and OOP skills. : Sorry, but my field here. So, no comment. Maybe, but the 4GL programmers will still have to learn to think events and non-linear coding - which is a real mind-shift as far as I can tell. : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= : 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. -- /"""\\ Kelvin Burton, Mercy Ships, Lindale, TX 75771-2020 |O.O| burtonk@MercyShips.ORG; uunet.uu.net!cairns!burtonk \\_=_/