COBOL Developer Day 2014 - How it Works: Under the hood with Visual COBOL

2. How it Works:
Under the Hood with
Visual COBOL
Michael Bleistein, Principal Architect

3. Core applications delivered 30% faster Capability
 Advanced app dev tooling for COBOL
 Unified environment offers efficient
collaboration
 Development integration across all
languages
Benefits
 Accelerate application delivery
 Reduce IT costs, maximize budget and
protect assets
 Meet variable application demand
 Access core applications from any
device
 Low cost delivery to new platforms
Development Efficiency

4. Demonstration
Modern IDE choices for COBOL

5. Capability
 Industry standard COBOL
development under Visual Studio
and Eclipse
 Consistent experience for .NET,
Java and COBOL developers
 Smart editing tools easier to learn
than ever
Benefits
 Maximize the developer skills pool
 Attract new developers
 Protect the value & importance of
your core apps
Maximize developer resource pool
Skills & Organization

6. COBOL is over here….
• J2EE, JVM, or .NET
• SOAP
• Traditional Web Services – RPC,
Document
• Microsoft WCF in .NET
• REST – JSON, XML
• RDBMS – SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 LUW
• DB Design – Indexes, Relationships
• Data APIs – ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC, ESQL
• Stored Procedures
• Structured Programming
• Object Oriented design and concepts
• Browser – ASP.NET, JSP, HTML 5, Jquery
• Mobile – HTML 5
• User Interface Design
• Thick Client
• WPF (Windows Presentation
Foundation) / XAML and Winforms
• Java / Swing, AWT, etc.
• MQ Series
Common Perception
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. PB300SUB.
REMARKS. THIS PROGRAM CALCULATES A MONTHLY PAYMENT
AMOUNT BASED
TERM, PRINCIPAL, AND INTEREST RATE.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 RUN-LOG-RECORD.
03 RUN-MESSAGE PIC X(40).
03 RUN-DATE PIC X(8).
01 WORKFIELDS.
03 WRK-MESSAGE PIC X(40) VALUE "CALCULATING PAYMENT".
03 WRK-RATE PIC S9(9)V9(9) COMP-3.
03 WRK-PAYMENT PIC S9(9)V9(9) COMP-3.
03 WRK-PAYMENT-A PIC $$,$$$.99.
LINKAGE SECTION.
COPY LOANCOMM.
PROCEDURE DIVISION USING LOANINFO.
000-START-PROCESSING.
* CALL PROGRAMA
* CALL PROGRAMB
* ...AND MANY MORE CALLS TO OTHER COBOL MODULES THAT
PROVIDE
* CRITICAL PROCESSING ON A DAILY BASIS
MOVE WRK-MESSAGE TO RUN-MESSAGE
MOVE CURRENT-DATE TO RUN-DATE
Supported by: C#, Java, Visual Basic, C/C++
All the new stuff is over here...

7. • J2EE, JVM, or .NET
• SOAP
• Traditional Web Services – RPC, Document
• Microsoft WCF in .NET
• REST – JSON, XML
• RDBMS – SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 LUW
• DB Design – Indexes, Relationships
• Data APIs – ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC, ESQL
• Stored Procedures
• Structured Programming
• Object Oriented design and concepts
• Browser – ASP.NET, JSP, HTML 5, Jquery
• Mobile – HTML 5
• User Interface Design
• Thick Client
• WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) /
XAML and Winforms
• Java / Swing, AWT, etc.
• MQ SeriesVisualCOBOL
Visual COBOL supports modern application
development…
…With COBOL

8. Demonstration
Visual COBOL - Maximize your resource pool

9. Capability
 On-premise COBOL app
deployment
 Supports Windows Azure SQL
Database
 Supports IaaS providers including
Amazon and Azure
Benefits
 Increased application reliability,
availability
and serviceability
 Achieve your Cloud strategy ROI
 Rapid service delivery – 25% faster
Cloud Deployment
Scalable, cost-effective application
deployment to the Cloud

10. Demonstration
Visual COBOL – Cloud Deployment

11. Mobile Access
Enhancing the End User Experience
with Visual COBOL Capability
 iPhone, Android, Windows 8
device access to COBOL apps
 Supports Web 2.0 & HTML 5
applications
 Build SOA-enabled systems
Benefits
 Build vibrant user interfaces.
Deliver a better user experience
 Respond to consumer service
demands
 Get ahead of the competition

12. Demonstration
BYOD to Visual COBOL

13. Architecture
Portable, agile, core application deployment
Capability
 Enterprise portability of COBOL
business apps
 Supports 50+ platforms - Windows,
Unix, Linux, z/Linux, .NET, and JVM.
 Integration with XML, SOA, Web
Services, and Relational Databases
Benefits
 Reduce Time to Delivery by up to 50%
 Flexible application deployment choice
 Build once: Deploy anywhere!

14. Demonstration
Visual COBOL - Flexible application architecture