Programming in RPG IV, Third Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bryan Meyers, Judy Yaeger
Publisher: 29th Street Press
Category: Book
List Price: $79.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 633797
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 453
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8.3 x 1
ISBN: 1583040943
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.245
EAN: 9781583040942
ASIN: 1583040943
Publication Date: August 30, 2002
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Product Description
The latest edition of this best-selling textbook has been fully revamped to cover the RPG IV language in Version 5. Plenty of coding examples illustrate the new free-format Calculation Specifications, as well as the latest built-in functions and other features of today's RPG IV. "Programming in RPG IV" represents all the facets of RPG IV needed by today's professional programmers in a comprehensive, readable guide appropriate for both professionals and students.
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 Never Received October 5, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Book was out of stock, i found out a week after I ordered it.
CRAP!!! July 14, 2005
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm learning RPG in AS/400 right now. I have a good working knowledge of C++, VB, and PHP, but I can tell you now that learning RPG has been the hardest because my class uses this god forsaken book. It's like trying to learn Aramaic, it's very old and it has a lot of different quirks about it that prevent you from doing anything other than sifting through your code, trying to figure out what went wrong. Usually though, it's a problem with the AS/400 and not your code at all. This book has crappy examples and reads like an instruction manual from Tiawan. I'm down to my last day of college, and I have three programs to do or I don't graduate, in other words, I'm screwed, and this book is no help whatsoever. If you are a teacher looking into a new book for teaching this stuff, don't get this one. If, for some reason, you are actually trying to learn this crap on your own, DO NOT GET THIS BOOK!!! Paleolithic language, with a book about it written by robots. It would be easier to learn Japanese...
 Not for beginners March 4, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book while in College and attempted to use it several times to program in RPG, however, the lack of extensive examples and the lack of explaination towards older RPG code has caused me to look for something more useful. I had a lot of trouble trying to learn from this book, althought it may be ok as a reference.
Where I learned RPG November 20, 2001
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was brought into the IT world through RPG. I was stolen from the business side and thrown into RPG with no schooling or experience. This book got me through the darkest hours of frustration. It is like an old friend. Examples are easy to follow. And, it isn't for people who need a little knowledge in AS/400-speak. It is for people who want to write programs.
 Excellent RPG Reference July 5, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've used this book as my main reference at work and around 9 times out of 10, it has answered my questions. If I did not find it in the book, certainly IBM's website came to the rescue. However, the book paid for itself after I got the answer to my third question:-) I would have rated it 4.5 stars because there is a slight room for improvement, but it paid for itself already! While most of the code samples are quite clear, some topics would have been better explained in the context of a small but complete program. The addition of a few COMPLETE program samples e.g. maintenance/subfile/table handling etc. (not code snippets) with annotations would bring the book closer to perfection.
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