Rational Developer for System z

An integrated, multiplatform development environment

• Interactive workstation environment integrated with mainframe for developing mainframe-based applications in COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, C/C++ and Java, and workstation-based application development using COBOL, PL/I and Java.
• Integrated traditional mainframe CICS or IMS transactional applications with IBM WebSphere®-based environments for composite application development.
• Protected investment in mainframe applications by making them accessible as web services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment.
• Reduced need for manual integration, resulting in more efficient development processes.
• Based on Eclipse open-source technology written to CICS, IMS, DB2 and Java specifications, with the advantage of Eclipse plug-in technology.

IBM System z application development tools

• Create control flow diagrams for COBOL programs that include links to the underlying source code; zoom in and zoom out capabilities; and the ability to print or export diagrams to a bitmap (BMP) file.
• Identify and highlight potential unreachable code using program scope static analysis.
• Streamline editing and maintenance processes by using data element tables that show all data elements for COBOL programs and their dependent copybooks and all data elements for PL/I programs and their dependent files.
• Open called programs from within COBOL and PL/I source files for faster access to code.
• View the call hierarchy for PL/I applications, showing caller and callee relationships of PL/I procedures in a hierarchical tree view.

Integration with source control and collaborative lifecycle management systems

• z/OS developers work with Rational Team Concert™ on System z for an integrated collaborative application development environment, providing the combined value of the Rational Developer for System z development environment with the team collaboration capabilities of Rational Team Concert.
• The Software Configuration and Library Manager (SCLM) Developer Toolkit allows you to access SCLM work with source code.
• IBM Rational ClearCase® software configuration management (SCM) and Rational ClearCase multiversion file system (MVFS) plug-ins enable versioning of software artifacts in Rational ClearCase versioned object bases (VOBs).
• CA Endevor Software Change Manager facilitates source code management, integrating with Rational Developer for system z using the Common Access Repository Manager (CARMA) toolkit for Rational Developer for System z, facilitating customer access to software configuration managers (SCMs) from within Rational Developer for System z by providing a common interface for accessing SCMs.
• Integrate with IBM Problem Determination Tools for z/OS, including the System z debugger and fault analyzer for solving problems more quickly.

Quality control measures

• Provide application structural analysis, code analysis and code metrics to help deliver COBOL and PL/I applications that conform to in-house programming guidelines.
• Integrate with the IBM z/OS Automated Unit Testing Framework for testing mainframe applications, helping to streamline implementation while containing costs.
• Use an expanded set of COBOL code quality rules and enablement for custom rules, plus new code quality rules for PL/I applications.
• Integrate code governance into automated builds and testing using headless code review and code coverage.
• Connect with existing System z development processes including problem determination and System z source management systems for more efficient mainframe application development.

CICS, IMS and DB2 support

• CICS tools— for the CICS Transaction Server (CICS TS), including the IBM CICS Explorer®, Enterprise Service Tools for CICS, Basic Mapping Support (BMS) Screen Designer and CICS Code Generators.
• IMS development tools —include IMS Transaction Manager (TM) and Database (DB), in addition to Enterprise Service Tools for IMS, MFS Screen Designer and IMS Code Generators.
• DB2 tools — for working with stored procedures and applications: Data Studio pureQuery® technology supports  COBOL and PL/I programs for running, editing, and tuning EXEC SQL statements in the SQL Outline view.