=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390| Developer Tip December 12, 2001
Essential explanations, tools, and code for S/390 and zSeries developers. More Tips: http://search390.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. 390 Developer Tips - Software development: Making beautiful music together - Code rage: Getting blamed for traffic (CPU) slowdown - DFSSMSdfp system managed buffering (SMB) and 'ACCBIAS=SYSTEM' 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Which class is used to make exe file in Jave? Ask the Expert - Featured Book: Concepts of Programming Languages 5/e - Best Web Links: General Developer Resources ___________________________________________________________________ ************************ SPONSORED BY SEA ************************* SEA's UC4 is the only true single point of control job scheduler on the market. UC4 covers platforms such as OS/390, MVS, UNIX, NT, Tandem, VMS, AS/400, MPE. UC4 will seemlessly integrate with ERP applications such as SAP and PeopleSoft, as well as frameworks such as HP Openview. Click here now to receive your free trial of UC4 and begin on your road to success with SEA. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3692030;5058249;h?http://www.seasoft.com/sea/Potential/contact_us.asp?source=top_navigation ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER | by Jim Keohane How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice? Naaah! Lead collaboratively! There is a organizational methodology called the "Orpheus Process" that sprang from the classical music world: the conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The "Orpheus Process" is now making inroads into the business world. I see potential applicability to software development. So might you. CLICK for the Full Tip: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci784382,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CODE RAGE: GETTING BLAMED FOR TRAFFIC (CPU) SLOWDOWN | by Jim Keohane You are incensed that the Strobe CPU performance monitor indicates your simple and elegant code as a performance bottleneck. But it is. You can't believe someone else's horribly obtuse and convoluted revisions to your code, though much faster, are an acceptable answer. You positively cringe at the future maintenance issues after seeing the assembler routine version, though fastest by far, that was lovingly handcrafted by the resident bit-twiddler in a non-intuitive use of esoteric machine instructions. Calm down. Take a chill pill. In some cases, you have to make a trade off. CLICK for the Full Tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci765019,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DFSSMSdfp SYSTEM MANAGED BUFFERING (SMB) AND 'ACCBIAS=SYSTEM' | by Bob Burns Use of DFSSMSdfp System Managed Buffering (SMB) can sometimes reduce a batch application's CPU consumption and I/Os significantly. SMB is currently limited to extended VSAM KSDS files that use VSAM NSR buffering. There are a number of SMB (ACCBIAS) options that you can specify via JCL and one option ('ACCBIAS=SYSTEM') that can be used in SMS Data Classes. Find out what some of these options are. CLICK for the Full Tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci758732,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ *********** DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ********** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASK THE EXPERT | Which class is used to make exe file in Java? Dear Ask the Expert, As I was working on Java, I decided to create an exe file using Java. But I am not able to make it. Which class is used to make exe file in Java? CLICK for Jim Keohane's answer... http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid425283_tax285032,00.html CLICK to submit your questions to our S/390 troubleshooting and Web integration expert Jim Keohane. http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_tax285123,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK | search390 Bookstore Title: Concepts of Programming Languages 5/e Author: Robert W. Sebesta The fifth edition of this book continues the approach that has made it the undisputed market leader. It describes fundamental concepts of programming languages by presenting design issues of the various language constructs, examining the design choices for these constructs in a few common languages, and critically comparing the design alternatives. http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&category_name=&product_id=0201752956&partner_id=54 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= General Developer Resources | Best 390 Web Links Browse these links for some universally useful references and developer portals. http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1482,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ *************************SEARCH390 CONTACTS************************* BJ RAMA, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Send us your original articles and best practices. CATHERINE DOSS, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Send us your white papers and Best Web Links. 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