Cobol

Dated: May-2022 Over the years, I have lived to see application that were built and operating on systems like VAX/VMS, Sun system evolve into Windows and Unix systems, then to finally move into Cloud. However, Mainframes still continues to be the workhorse for many Financial instutions and also other verticals. …

Version control is the foundation of software development, which explains why Git tools like GitHub and GitLab have quickly become comprehensive AppDev platforms. It also explains why their mainframe predecessors like Panvalet, Librarian and the most widely-used of all, Endevor, experienced similar evolutions decades ago. Fun Fact: Endevor was DevOps…

Hi everybody! Here’s a short post about copy books in COBOL and why you may want to use them. Here’s the important stuff: this is big_program.cob identification division. program-id. big_program. environment division. data division. working-storage section. copy 'person_dd.cob' replacing ==:block:== by alice. copy 'person_dd.cob' replacing ==:block:== by bob. procedure division. …

Some time ago I asked myself the same question. As my mind flew I wrote the following article which is trying to answer this question. This article is representing my personal opinion. Most computer science students learn various modern programming languages and tend to overlook or even deliberately omit the…

Automating tests can be challenging for mainframe teams. Test4z, announced recently, makes test automation easy by enabling any language or test framework to consume its web-based REST APIs. In this article, we are going to learn about Test4z by creating a sample test suite. We need just a little Mainframe…

The Zowe open source community received fantastic recognition this past week winning the “Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution” category in the DevOps Dozen awards. Zowe prevailed over a number of commercial vendor offerings, reflecting a widespread appreciation for the value of an open source solution for the mainframe. Game-changer for…

In the last post, I introduced a super build engine for Mainframe software projects: Endevor Team Build, which: Supports HLASM, COBOL, PL/1, Metal-C, LE-C/C++, CICS, and DB2; Handles declarative and automatic dependencies; Uses Javascript for very complex projects; Mirrors your Endevor project to your PC; Publishes/deploys the artifacts to binary…

Test4z, a new set of web-based REST APIs, could fit into your overall testing solution to make testing mainframe batch applications even easier. It provides an open approach to testing allowing the test framework of your choice to access the APIs. …

Vote Zowe! Zowe is a finalist in this year’s DevOps Dozen awards, so please vote for Zowe for the win! It only takes a minute and every vote counts: — Go to surveymonkey.com/r/52BF93N (or navigate via devopsdozen.com) — Scroll to 22. Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution — Choose “Zowe” — Complete form, click done. Thank you! Zowe By The Numbers As we close out the year, here’s a quick look at some amazing community metrics: