On Friday 11 January 2002 08:12 pm, you wrote: > > The CIO is all ga ga over Linux. And the mainframe is the first box > that Linux will be installed on. He thinks Linux is the best thing > since sliced bread and I have trouble reigning him in to reality.
I like to hear that, but let him dream a little... > > I would like to hear about both Websphere stuff (some applications may > be headed that way) and non-Websphere stuff (I assume there are other, > non Websphere applications). > Alan and Neale covered some of the open source and vendor development tools. The web site that Neale posted does also contain links to vendors of COBOL development tools. One might wonder why you would want to develop COBOL apps on Linux, but if your intent is to use current staff, they are probably most well versed in COBOL, not Java. One the other hand, the language that WebSphere apps are developed with is Java. There are any number of tools available to do this, from IBM and other vendors. WebSphere Application Server provides the server platform where the applications run. The actual development is typically done in a workstation environment with WebSphere Studio and Visual Age for Java. When the apps are unit tested they would be moved to a QA machine (for instance, on Linux for S/390) for user and/or integration testing. Finally, when the app is tested, it can be deployed to the production server(s). -- Rich Smrcina Sytek Services, Inc. Milwaukee, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
