• use an interactive workstation-based environment for creating, maintaining, and reusing applications for traditional processing or for inclusion in an SOA: Service Oriented Architecture.
• access IBM z/OS datasets, UNIX System Services - HFS: Hierarchical File System, and System zFS: z File System files.
• create and modify Assembler, COBOL, PL/1, C, and C++, and Java applications with Remote Syntax Check and Content Assist.
• utilize code refactoring and analysis tools - Visual BMS mapping, JCL generation capabilities, Visual MFS editor, and color coded editing.

Rational Developer for System z supports:

• CICS, IMS, and Batch.
• DB2 and DB2 stored procedures.
• creating, maintaining, and debugging CICS and IMS system-based code.
• IMS and SQL: Structured Query Language.
• remote compile generation.
• build and deployment.

Rational Developer for System z supports integration with z/OS IBM Problem determination tools.

• File Manager integration enables access to KSDS: Keyed Sequence Data Set files from the IBM Rational Developer for System z workbench.
  • Browsing and updating datasets from the workbench.
  • Template-driven display of VSAM, PDS member, and sequential file data.
  • Large dataset display and editing.
• Fault Analyzer Integration that allows users to:
  • Browse Fault Analyzer ABEND reports on CICS, IMS, Batch, Java, WebSphere, and other runtimes.
  • View dump selections relating to ABENDs.
  • Annotate reports for sharing comments with other users who browse the same reports.

Project Specifications from CETi Technology Partners

• Edit, debug and test a simple COBOL program with associated test data.
  • Use the Rational Developer editor, debugger and other tools to include execution JCL, refactor variables, and browse/edit mainframe datasets.
    
• Review and debug a S0C7 abend on the mainframe; locate variables and the abending statement location.
  
• Code and test a DB2 Stored Procedure by passing arguments and getting a result table returned.

Longstanding Consultancy Experience
in Information Technology

Mainframe Training Services

Rational Developer for System z provides the capability to:

• develop creative and data-rich web-based applications.
• use visual layout tools for writing JSF- Java Server Faces, JSP- JavaServer Pages, EGL Web UI, EGL Rich UI, and HTML.
• develop servlet and page handler code using a wizard.
• create web applications from database queries and beans.
• include graphic-design software for producing static and animated output.
• support J2EE coding and deployment.

Java Development

Rational Developer for System z provides the capability to:

• create Java code.
• enable incremental compilation and provide a common local and remote debugger.
• utilize Java source file tools for searching, comparing, and merging code.
• use refactoring tools for reorganizing Java applications.

J2EE Platform Support

Rational Developer for System z provides the capability to:

• use full EJB: Enterprise JavaBeans support.
• use WAR: Web Archive and EAR: Enterprise Application Archive deployment support.
• update a EJB test client in conjunction with an enhanced unit-test environment for creating multiple projects with different unit-test configurations.
• analyze and implement performance profiling.
• collect and present Java run-time data in graphical and non-graphical views.
• detect application performance issues early in the development.
• improve overall system efficiency.

Java Programming

Client/Server to Internet Programming

Rational Developer for System z provides the capability to create and utilize web services and XML for viewing, editing, and validating WSDL, DTD: document-type definitions, and XML schemas, and transforming XML documents into text, HTML, or other XML document types.

• Integrates relational databases and XML.
• Generates COBOL or PL/1 adapters and CICS TS V3 WSBind for converting between Web Service Description Language, XML and CICS program data in a Web services environment.
• Generates COBOL or PL/1 adapters, Web Service Description Language, and configuration files for enabling IMS SOAP Gateway to accept Web Service calls to IMS transactions.

Programming Languages

Rational Developer for System z provides Windows-based development and mainframe-emulated development:

• IBM COBOL for Windows compiler supports development of IBM COBOL applications including compiling, testing, debugging, and deploying to Windows platforms.
• IBM PL/1 for Windows compiler supports development of IBM PL/1 applications including compiling, testing, debugging, and deploying to Windows platforms.
• IBM TXSeries provides CICS support for development of IBM PL/1 and COBOL for Windows applications.
  • This includes translating, compiling, testing, and debugging.
  • For deployment, IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms must be purchased.

MS Windows Programming

MS .NET Programming