CA InterTest™ : The Answer to Faster Application Development With High Quality Code
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The document discusses CA InterTest, a debugging tool for mainframe applications, emphasizing its role in mobile-to-mainframe application development. Key features include robust debugging capabilities, support for various programming languages, and enhancements in release 9.1 to improve user experience and integration. The presentation also outlines strategies for community engagement and product enhancement based on customer feedback.
CA InterTest™ : The Answer to Faster Application Development With High Quality Code
- 2. 2 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD © 2015 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks referenced herein belong to their respective companies. The content provided in this CA World 2015 presentation is intended for informational purposes only and does not form any type of warranty. The information provided by a CA partner and/or CA customer has not been reviewed for accuracy by CA. For Informational Purposes Only Terms of this Presentation
- 5. 5 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Welcome to CA InterTest! § CA InterTest Batch § CA InterTest for CICS § CA SymDump Batch § CA SymDump for CICS § CA SymDump System MEET THE PRODUCT FAMILY
- 6. 6 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Welcome to CA InterTest! § Source level debugging of Batch, CICS, IMS, and DB2 SPs – COBOL, PL/I, and Assembler programming languages – Full integration with CA Endevor SCM for current source listing support § Powerful debugging features – Multiple breakpoint types and statement stepping – Code coverage and execution tracing – Data formatting and Keep windows (Static and Auto) – Traditional ISPF/CICS or modern Eclipse UI – Program Call Trace – Many other features
- 8. 8 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Working more closely with our customers … ü Reviewing your requirements and ideas through the community ü Validating our roadmaps and release plans ü Partnering to collect feedback throughout our projects ü Incrementally delivering new value more quickly ü Developing the most important features every day ü Producing and delivering higher quality About Our Strategy Our Agile Approach https://validate.ca.com
- 9. 9 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Networking Meet other members of the global Testing Tools community and our engineering team. Ask questions, discuss problems, share best practices. Stay in the know! Technical Webcasts Monthly technical webcasts providing product education, tips and tricks, and keeping the community in the know! Quarterly “Office Hours” provide access to members of the R&D team for Q&A. Ideation Tell us how our products can be enhanced to simplify your job and improve your experience. Review and cast your vote on ideas from other community members. About Our Strategy Our Community https://communities.ca.com/community/ca-testing-tools
- 11. 11 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Software Change Management Application Development Meeting the Needs of the Application Developer in Today’s Mobile World Create code assets and manage software changeCA Endevor® SCM CA Harvest SCM CA File Master™ CA InterTest™ Distributed developer Develop mobile/Web front-end logic and new user experience Incorporate on-premise and cloud application services Mobile developer Cloud Services System Programmer DBA Leverage and extend back-end application logic and data sources CA Gen Mainframe Developer CA App Services Orchestrator CA Mainframe Application Tuner CA SymDump
- 12. 12 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Mobile to Mainframe Application Debugging with CA InterTest™ § Many Mobile-to-Mainframe applications depend on CICS Web Services on the back-end. § Different set of skills for Mobile application development vs CICS Web Services development § Different SDK’s/Tools for mobile application development vs IBM mainframe development
- 13. 13 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Mobile to Mainframe Application Debugging with CA InterTest™ § CA InterTest™ Eclipse UI – Helps manage many of the differences – Available as RCP or Eclipse SDK plug-in § Let’s take a look at how CA InterTest™ can debug CICS Web Service program using the Eclipse SDK Plug-in
- 19. 19 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Mobile to Mainframe Application Debugging with CA InterTest™ § CICS Web Service program debugging has been activated – Unconditional breakpoint set at first statement in Procedure Division § Now let’s invoke our Mobile App – Select Registration function – Execute a back-end CICS Web Service
- 27. 27 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Mobile to Mainframe Application Debugging with CA InterTest™ § CICS Web Service program debugging has been completed – All previous breakpoint settings are saved in workspace
- 28. 28 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD What’s New in Release 9.1? § Support an evolving technical environment § Improve the Customer Installation Experience § Give customers what they ask for Release Themes
- 29. 29 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD What’s New in Release 9.1? CA InterTest™ and SymDump v9.1 • Simplified installation & maintenance for CICS products • CICS TS 5.2 support • Multiple program versions in Symbolic File • Dump Capture Performance Improvements • Limited UTF-16 support • Eclipse 4.2.2 supported • New documentation and Demo programs • Improved Composite Support • Single Tomcat server for InterTest™ and SymDump Eclipse UI’s • Symbolic File Space Utilization Monitoring • COBOL 5.2 support • COBOL ARCH(10) support • Updated Product Education Courses • z/OS 2.2 certification
- 30. 30 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Experiences CA InterTest™ product focus is on Simplification, Integration, Ideation and Currency Key topics How CA InterTest™ fits into CA AppDev Strategy Debugging CICS Web Services programs in Eclipse UI What’s new in CA InterTest™ 9.1 Findings CA InterTest™ is positioned well for mobile-to-mainframe application development and debugging Summary A Few Words to Review
- 31. 31 © 2015 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Recommended Sessions SESSION # TITLE DATE/TIME MFX30E Optimize Your Application Performance with CA Mainframe Application Tuner 11/17/2015 at 9:00 am MFX31E Automate and Accelerate Software Development Time and Deliver Superior Business Applications With CA Endevor® Software Change Manager 11/17/2015 at 10:00 am MFX33E Delivering CICS Web Services for CA Gen Applications Speaker: FACET 11/17/2015 at 1:00 pm MFX38E Moving to new processes to collaborate with you to deliver product enhancements that matter 11/17/2015 at 4:00 pm