> What are the preferred tools?
C/C++ compiler: gcc
Java compiler: jikes
Version control: CVS
Scripting: perl/python
Database: Mysql/Postgresql (for small stuff.. its not
a DB2 replacement!)
IDE: kdevelop anjuta etc
Debugger: gdb
Web based: perl php python(notably zope)
Web server: apache for dynamic content, thttpd for
pure performance on static stuff
Graphical design gimp (but not I suspect on the S/390!)
> Are these tools available for Linux/390?
AFAIK -> yes
> What is the cost of these tools?
Nothing. Unless you want support in which case several vendors sell support
contracts.
> Or perhaps this stuff I don't have to worry about. It could be that the
> application developers know what they want and all of it is available
> for Linux/390....True or false?
Put it this way, lots of people do large scale development with nothing that
didnt come on their Linux CD-ROM. The probable exceptions there are a
java runtime (and it seems really odd to me to run server side java on an
I/O oriented machine with poor CPU performance), and large scale database
engine.
Another tip btw if some of your "development" is web pages and cgi stuff
export the relevant directories using samba (windows shares) and/or netatalk
(Mac shares). This helps turn
"Upload it to the server"
"Huh ?"
"FTP ?"
"Sorry"
"..."
to
"Our internet is on the F drive"
Alan
