Accelerating time to delivery: Modernizing Application Development
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The document discusses tools for accelerating application development including project templates, code snippets, cross-platform development, and application workflow modeling. It also covers Micro Focus's Enterprise Test Server for scalable enterprise testing without consuming mainframe resources.
Accelerating time to delivery: Modernizing Application Development
- 2. Accelerating Time to Delivery: Modernizing Application Development Michael Bleistein, Principal Architect Steve Wellmann, Senior Solutions Engineer
- 3. Project Templates and Snippets Modern Visual Studio and Eclipse IDEs provide a mechanism for modern application types Provide a Rapid Start to you project Specific templates for types of Applications • ASP.NET Web application • WCF/Web Service • COBOL/JVM Build Your own customized templates for Reuse by other team members • Create a Project • Modify Project Settings • Export as a template
- 4. Project Templates and Snippets Snippets help speed coding and generate syntax more quickly Snippets provided for commonly used OO syntax in Visual COBOL in Visual Studio Custom snippets can be added as part of standard Visual Studio functionality Use the Code Snippet Manager to Edit or Create Code Snippets
- 5. DEMO Project Templates and Code Snippets
- 6. Dev Hub - Efficiency in Cross Platform Development Multiple Developers can work together against a Linux or Unix Server Code, Compile, and Debug your code directly on your deployment platform • Advanced Editing for COBOL • Advanced Debugging/Remote Debugging Benefits of a modern IDE with Eclipse • Project templates • Build and Debug configurations
- 7. DEMO Developer Hub Efficiency in Cross Platform Development
- 8. Enterprise Developer Connect Key technologies – Integration and extension Eclipse Mainframe integration Easy customization without plugins • z/OS Utilities - MVS Dataset Explorer, JES Job Explorer, ISPF Panel support • Remote tasks - edit, syntax check, compile, execute, etc. • Complete and Deep integration into major mainframe SCMs – Endevor, ChangeMan, SCLM • Automatic integration of ISPF dialogs and z/OS functions. – no plug-in development skill required • Development Workflow to integrate and enforce SDLC • High functionality and quality of UI increase developer acceptability and productivity
- 9. DEMO Enterprise Developer Connect Capability
- 10. Application Workflow Modeling – Extending your IDE Definition of Element Types and attributes as well as Element actions Modelling a hierarchical application structure Definition of folders, folder Properties and actions to generate an Eclipse based tree structure. Definition of table structures Definition of Filter Types and Filter criteria used to generate table views Flexible modelling of input, output and selection dialogs Modelling the tool integration with input and output parameters and files 10
- 11. Application Workflow Model – Simplified Overview Element Filter Action Has Has Tool Contains Element List Creates Has * Has Property Uses * * Has
- 12. The Application Workflow Manager – Overview Filters Elements (in Table View) Elements (in Tree View) Actions Editor Active Application
- 13. DEMO Application Workflow Modeling – Extending your IDE
- 14. Micro Focus Enterprise Test Server Enterprise testing for rapid, cost-effective service delivery User Acceptance Testing System Testing Functional Testing Integration Testing Unit Testing Development Efficient Service Delivery Capability Benefits • Reduce costs of testing resources and contain costs of expanding test resources • Remove capacity bottlenecks and improve time-to-delivery • Improve delivery quality and unify the development process • Undertake scaled enterprise testing without consuming mainframe cost or resource • Server-based solutions flex and scale to support intensive testing periods • Test more in less time • Provides an end-to-end Java and .NET test framework
- 15. Micro Focus Enterprise Test Server Key technologies Mainframe Subsystems Support Application Language Support • JCL support for testing of batch applications, support for common mainframe utility programs • VSAM and QSAM support test on EBCDIC data files on Windows • DB2 support using a DB2 compatible database (or connect to IBM DB2) • CICS support including integrated EXEC CICS pre-compiler • IMS transaction manager (IMS/TM) and database manager (IMS/DB) support • COBOL compiler compatible with all major IBM language versions, including Enterprise COBOL for z/OS • Assembler programs or sub-routines can be built and linked for use in pre-production testing • PLI Applications Micro Focus has over 25 years leadership in providing IBM mainframe compatibility and development process improvements
- 16. Micro Focus Enterprise Test Server Key technologies Windows based configuration Testing Tools • Test Coverage Reporting - ensure that all code paths have been executed during testing. • Test automation of GUI or 3270 based applications – use Micro Focus SilkTest and Rumba to automate testing and reuse test artefacts Mainframe Connectivity • Web browser-based control and management of IMS, CICS and batch test regions for simple configuration • Scalable multi-user, multi-region architecture provides robust test harness • Remote invocation of mainframe processes • Access to mainframe source and data with automatic synchronisation
- 17. DEMO Enterprise Test Server and an Automation Scenario
Editor's Notes
- #15: Micro Focus Test Server emulates core components of the mainframe test environment and it does this without consuming mainframe resources. This removes the limits on mainframe throughput and capacity, creating a totally flexible and co-operative testing environment. Test Server takes the pressure off. It is not a replacement for mainframe testing, there will always be testing that needs to be completed on the target platform, for example security and performance tuning, but by allowing test cycles to be conducted on a low cost commodity platform the major bottlenecks are eradicated and delivery cycles are greatly improved. Any risks previously associated with not running enough testing can be fully mitigated as test capacity is no longer an issue.
- #16: CICS support - to support command level CICS and a macro generator for BMS screen maps IMS support - with integrated EXEC DLI pre-compiler for IMS DB API support and support for MFS screen maps