IDz Hidden Gems – LPEX Line Mod Annotations

IDz Hidden Gems – LPEX Line Mod Annotations

When you make code changes to files – typically COBOL, JCL, or PL/I program source, IDz marks the changed line(s)...

IDz Hidden Gems – the Benefits of Bookmarks

IDz Hidden Gems – the Benefits of Bookmarks

Not everyone pounds code 8, 10, 12 hours/day – at least not all the time. And when you’re not typing...

Get Productive! Enable Filter Pools in IDz to Organize Your Datasets Better

Get Productive! Enable Filter Pools in IDz to Organize Your Datasets Better

If you’ve been using IDz for a while, you’re surely familiar with filters when browsing your MVS, JES, or Unix...

Setting up IBM Jazz based tools for Token Licensing

Setting up IBM Jazz based tools for Token Licensing

I’ve recently worked with a customer who could not find good documentation on how to apply token licenses to his...

Installing IBM HTTP Server from an Archive

Installing IBM HTTP Server from an Archive

IBM now offers a new and much easier way to install IBM HTTP Server. You can now download IHS as...

Launching a Debug Session for an Existing Module on z/OS

Launching a Debug Session for an Existing Module on z/OS

Using IBM Developer for z Systems you can debug any language on the mainframe. For those who have taken Jon...

Using Filter Pools in IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)

Using Filter Pools in IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)

What are Filters? Filters are used to display groups or subsets of data sets in the MVS subsystem. Filters can...

Saving code to an HTML file in IBM Developer for z or IBM i

Saving code to an HTML file in IBM Developer for z or IBM i

During some courseware authoring I discovered a poorly known (but sufficiently documented) feature in Rational Developer for IBM i (and...

7 Reasons why your Mainframe needs a modern source code management system

7 Reasons why your Mainframe needs a modern source code management system

Break down the silos Mainframe development does not and should not be that much different from distributed development. There is...

Automating RTC Source Promotions from Urbancode Deploy

Automating RTC Source Promotions from Urbancode Deploy

In a recent project for a z/OS customer, we had to create some custom scripts to kick off a Rational...

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