Re: RPG Training material
Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel-zbO79nAUJZvJTQUaaPvyeQC/[email protected]>
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I second Jon’s comments. The cost of the classes will pay back in productivity in weeks or a few months. If you elect to only use the books (which are very good) the students will come up with time consuming questions. Those are meant to be used with an instructor. Jim Oberholtzer Agile Technology Architects > On Jan 22, 2026, at 6:58 AM, Jon Paris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Martijn, > > There are a number of RPG IV Intro videos on YouTube but I can't speak to their quality. > > We always recommend our customers to look at the training offered by imPower (https://impowertechnologies.com/rpg-class/) if that is too expensive, the textbook used for the course (and by most schools that teach RPG) is available for purchase here https://mc-store.com/products/programming-in-ile-rpg-fifth-edition or on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Programming-ILE-RPG-Jim-Buck/dp/1583473793/ref=sr_1_1 > > One advantage of the class is that your existing staff does not get tied up as much in the training as the instructor mentors the students throughout the course. > > > Jon Paris > [email protected] > > > >> On Jan 22, 2026, at 7:31 AM, Martijn van Breden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> We recently hired some young(er) people that, as a change in career, will become developers in our company. We have acquired some training material from a Dutch company but that is somewhat outdated. I'm looking for up-to-date training material on the topics IBM i and ILE RPG, either as a (free) online course or as paid study books. >> I would love to see your recommendations 🙂 >> >> TIA >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> >> Martijn van Breden >> >> lead software architect >> >> -- >> This is the RPG programming on IBM i (RPG400-L) mailing list >> To post a message email: [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >> visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l >> or email: [email protected] >> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >> at https://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. >> >> Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related questions. >> > > -- > This is the RPG programming on IBM i (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: [email protected] > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at https://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > > Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related questions. > -- This is the RPG programming on IBM i (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: [email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at https://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. Please contact [email protected] for any subscription related questions.