O.Boiteux made ​​a demonstration of Cobos at the "Eclipse demo camp" of Paris at Epitech.

1. Cobos Demonstration
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Cobos Project:
The Open Source development environment manage ▪
optimize ▪
measure ▪ for COBOL

2. COBOS PROJECT OBJECTIVES
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Modernize the Cobol developer workstation
Increase Cobol development productivity
Open the IDE to other technologies
Constitutes a competitive Open Source
alternative
• Contribute to implementation of Agile
development factories (time to market)
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3. C OBOS
CORE COMPONENTS
§ Cobol IDE org.eclipse.cobol
§ Autocompletion, variables Hover, Open Declaration
§ CAPS ON, Tabulations, revision mode
§ OpenCobol compiler
§ Local compilation (check syntax and/or build)
§ CICS, DB2, DL1 pre-processing
§ Copy unfolding
§ Rexx editor
§ syntax coloration and variables in outline
§ JCL editor
§ JCL syntax coloration, mainframe submit
§ SCM support
§ Integration with eclipse-compatible SCM tools like CVS,
Subversion, GIT, Dimension,…
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4. C OBOS
MAINFRAME EXTENSION
§ FTP Access : lightweight access to mainframe
§ Commands interface :
§ Control of commands run from Eclipse (local, remote)
§ Host Integration Module:
§ Integrated mainframe compilation
§ Ascending compatibility, « zeroconf » host installation
§ Z/Navigator
§ direct editing and managing mainframe files
§ Extended CVS support
§ CVS server on mainframe
§ Synchronization with PDS
§ Ergonomic enhancement for mainframe users
§ je3270 : 3270 emulator plug-in into Eclipse
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5. COBOS TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE
Compile
sources
REXX Editor
FTP
Je3270
Run
JOBS
JCL Editor
wc3270
emulator
SCM
dialog
REXX scripts
Cobos
OpenCOBOL
ssh
IDE
COBOL
Team/cvs
REXX scripts
Sync
PDS
ssh
CVS
Unix (USS)‫‏‬
Windows
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Eclipse plug-ins
Manage
Files
MVS
Mainframe
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6. COBOS FUNCTIONS
Check-In / Check-Out
CVS
Cobos Project
Unix Zone (USS)‫‏‬
Source Edition
Syntactic Analysis
Team Interface
Z/Navigator
Mainframe Navigation‫‏‬
Commands Interface‫‏‬
3270 Plug-in
FTP Access
Other Eclipse Plug-ins (debugger,…)
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Mainframe Environment
Application Repository
Cartography
Impact Analysis
Quality Diagnostics
Dashboards
Metrixware Quality Plug-ins
Eclipse Environment
Source Code
Eclipse Browser
Project Sync
System Code
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7. COBOS CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION PROCESS
Quality Validation
‘ CertifiedCompilation
Repository
Unit Testing (MI)
SVN Server
Œ Check-out
 Commit
Jenkins Server
DEV.
stage
Temporary
stage
Integration
stage
Production
target
PDS
PDS
PDS
PDS
 Local Editing
Ž Syntax Checking
’ Transfer
Quality Checking(SC4Cobol)
 Mainframe Compilation
Load
Modules
Load
Modules
Load
Modules
Load
Modules
Test (Enterprise Studio - MI)
Eclipse Environment
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Mainframe stages
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8. B ENEFITS
§ Multiple Projects, Language, Screen
Environment
§ Innovation & dynamism of Open Source
community
§ Easy to use, Fast user acceptance
§ Promote COBOL among young
developers
§ Reduce Gap between Java and COBOL
Developers
§ Increase Dev Platform Productivity
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