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They guys on the RDz product team have done an excellent job of getting new features into the product in the latest release of RDz. Already, the product had great support for viewing performance hierarchies, and showing dependencies of copy books. Version 8.5 really builds on the program analysis capabilities of the product with the new program control … Read more
The traditional tool for development of applications on the IBM i is the SEU green screen interface. Many developers still use this for editing source members, and shrug the thought of moving to a rich IDE. What they may not know is that SEU/PDM have been “stabilized”, which is an IBM euphemism that means “We ain’t doing … Read more
RAD 8 Source Code Coverage Configuration Code coverage is the method of analyzing your source code to see what lines of code are covered by unit tests. In the case of Java, JUnit is the unit test toolset of choice. Code coverage tools came available in RAD 8, and have been improved in 8.5. Its … Read more
Business Intelligence for Application Development Many companies are looking what kind of business intelligence they can derive to help them make better decision around application development. If you are managing an application development team, there are several metric you should be collecting and reporting on. This helps you understand how effective your team is, and how … Read more
This deck was presented at the IBM Innovate 2012 conference in Orlando. More customers are asking how they can enable their tablet toting and smartphone wielding executives with access to their terminal applications. Three different approaches are discussed. Strongback demonstrates how to use the IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) toolkit to modernize applications … Read more
Last month we presented three sessions at the IBM Innovate Conference in Orlando. This presentation below was focused on solutions for the IBM POWER platform (AIX, Linux, and IBM i). This is geared towards those who are new to the concept of modernizing 5250 and VT100 terminal applications and shows what is available using Rational … Read more
As promised from the IBM Innovate conference last week, the Rational Solution for CLM 4.0 is now live. There are several new features to be aware of. First for larger deployments, RTC now supports clustering using WebSphere App Server Network Deployment. Note, that RTC does not include WAS ND, and you will have to buy … Read more
Sometimes we need to more tightly control the build process within our projects. When using Eclipse or Rational Application Developer, the IDE controls how the project is compiled through the properties screens (which ultimately are written back to property files). However, what if you need to use the same build steps you use in Eclipse … Read more
While working on server today I came across some odd issues in some applications. While checking the logs, I found some drive errors in the warn log file (Failed SMART usage Attribute: 7 Seek_Error_Rate). In searching for the cause of this error, I think discovered a nifty little tool that will tell you the health … Read more
If you are a new IBM Software customer, you will find that you obtain your software via download from the IBM Passport Advantage (PPA) web site. After your purchase has been processed, you’ll receive verification from IBM in the form of a “Proof of Entitlement” document. Use this document to access PPA. This YouTube video … Read more