Developers usually don’t like to reinvent the wheel. If we or a co-worker have programmed a task in one source member, it is common to copy that code into another source member when a similar task needs to be done. If you are using WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSc), there is another option: the Snippets View. Code snippets can be saved and easily inserted into any source member with a simple double-click of the mouse.

A First Look

The Snippets View is typically not displayed in the Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) perspective. If you don’t see a tab labeled Snippets,

One of the most common mistakes made by beginning WDSC users in our on-site classes is to accidentally close the Outline View by clicking on the “X” in the top right hand corner. As those of you who already use WDSC know, Outline view is probably one of the single most valuable features in WDSC, and once you are used to using it, to lose it is a disaster!

So how do you get the window back again? There are two ways–the brute force approach and the more “refined” approach.

The brute force approach is to simply click on Window

For system administrators, there isn’t any worse feeling than reaching for a backup tape only to realize that your backup system has failed and you can’t restore a critical file. While you can’t always prevent backup failures, you can monitor for simple things that will alert you to a disruption. To that end, here’s my top five list of i5 backup issues and what you can do about them.

Issue #1: Not changing your backup tapes

With many automated backup routines, you simply put in the backup media and the system does the rest by formatting the media and performing