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Re: Looking For Direction

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On 09-06-2010 17:19, JC wrote:
> The reason I am a dinosaur is because I have not kept up with the changing
> times over the years (my fault). The LIS is comprised of a GUI front-end
> written in Java (Visual Cafo; SDK 1.1 I believe). It interfaces (JDBC) to an
> Oracle database.

> The equipment at the lab is antiquated. I would say the server is pushing
> twenty years old.  The network O/S is an unsupported version of Netware (5.0
> I think). The version of Oracle, also unsupported, is 8.0.1 and came free
> when they did the Netware upgrade eleven years ago. Although we do nightly
> backups I have to say I probably wouldn't know what to do should a restore
> be needed.

> What I am looking for is someone to point me in the right direction in
> regards to resources. I need to learn what is out there; tools, etc. that
> are used today. I don't expect anyone to give me answer; just point me in
> the direction of resources (websites, books, magazines, etc) that would
> enable me to learn about options available today for software development.
>
> Off the top of my head, I am thinking of a Unix based version of Oracle for
> the DBMS. For the user interface I am thinking of something that is
> integrated with a web browser. And of course some sort of interface between
> the two. All this with my limited knowledge of what's out there today. I
> might be a dinosaur but certainly not stupid; I am quite capable of
> learning. I haven't been to school since 1996 when I graduated with a BS in
> Comp/Sci&  Math.

x86-64 hardware
Linux - Centos or Debian
Oracle or an open source database - MySQL or PostgreSQL
Java 1.6
Eclipse or NetBeans IDE
fat client in Swing or web app using JSF and Tomcat server

would be a good mainstream Java based solution utilizing
your current skill set.

Arne

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