WINCOBOL has been released with a kinetic debugger (animation).
There is a short video of animating a zOS application in the attachment on this post.
So much for "sharing" a LinkedIn URL.
The invocation uses your existing JCL.
Animation of a COBOL program is a simple process:
Compile the code with function code "A"
Submit the JCL with a command line of "DEBUG" from a WINZOS JCL PDS
The debugger is full featured
* Break Points
* Persistent break points
* Data field query and update
* Varying animation speeds
* Quiet mode
* Zoom mode
* Seamless integration to compiled subroutines - compiled with / without animate
Using the animation is a wee bit like XPEDITOR
When used for zOS application programs, the included GnuCOBOL compiler and run time is an equal to Micro Focus COBOL
Why spend $1000's of USD for an unfamiliar COBOL and IDE ?
WINZOS, WINCOBOL, WINIDE are free to use.
All are based on GnuCOBOL components.
No restrictive license fees. No annual maintenance charges.
Develop and test with WINZOS.
Transfer the program(s) to Micro Focus ES, then on to the cloud.
If you know zOS ISPF, expect to be operational with WINZOS in a matter of hours
No need for weeks / months of training.
WINCOBOL with JCL based animation is available for free at
WWW.WINCOBOL.COM
Unfamiliar with zOS ISPF? WINCOBOL also provides a Windows oriented based IDE.
The Windows based IDE will appear on the desktop as "WINIDE - with Animation"
Yes, it is definitely a set of nice pieces that Ralph created!
From my point mostly "missing" (but Ralph said that he may work on that): EBCDIC preparser and Animator also usable without WINIDE, reasoning: "already familiar with another IDE or existing build environment using make or shell scripts: just include the tools into your favorite toolset" and likely not much later "Not using Windows? You may still use the EBCDIC preparser alone".
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WINCOBOL has been released with a kinetic debugger (animation).
There is a short video of animating a zOS application in the attachment on this post.
So much for "sharing" a LinkedIn URL.
The invocation uses your existing JCL.
Animation of a COBOL program is a simple process:
Compile the code with function code "A"
Submit the JCL with a command line of "DEBUG" from a WINZOS JCL PDS
The debugger is full featured
* Break Points
* Persistent break points
* Data field query and update
* Varying animation speeds
* Quiet mode
* Zoom mode
* Seamless integration to compiled subroutines - compiled with / without animate
Using the animation is a wee bit like XPEDITOR
When used for zOS application programs, the included GnuCOBOL compiler and run time is an equal to Micro Focus COBOL
Why spend $1000's of USD for an unfamiliar COBOL and IDE ?
WINZOS, WINCOBOL, WINIDE are free to use.
All are based on GnuCOBOL components.
No restrictive license fees. No annual maintenance charges.
Develop and test with WINZOS.
Transfer the program(s) to Micro Focus ES, then on to the cloud.
If you know zOS ISPF, expect to be operational with WINZOS in a matter of hours
No need for weeks / months of training.
WINCOBOL with JCL based animation is available for free at
WWW.WINCOBOL.COM
Unfamiliar with zOS ISPF? WINCOBOL also provides a Windows oriented based IDE.
The Windows based IDE will appear on the desktop as "WINIDE - with Animation"
Ralph
Last edit: Ralph Linkletter 2023-10-10
wow
this is really impressive, Ralf.
Mike
Yes, it is definitely a set of nice pieces that Ralph created!
From my point mostly "missing" (but Ralph said that he may work on that): EBCDIC preparser and Animator also usable without WINIDE, reasoning: "already familiar with another IDE or existing build environment using make or shell scripts: just include the tools into your favorite toolset" and likely not much later "Not using Windows? You may still use the EBCDIC preparser alone".