Introduction to Eclipse Provides a description of the major IDE features together with an overview of the development life-cycle and some useful tips
on developing applications.
Configuring Eclipse Use the Window > Preferences (in particular, the Micro Focus sub-section) to configure the Eclipse environment. You can configure such things as the appearance of the editor, and the
behavior of such analysis tools as the Profiler, Code Coverage, and the Consolidated Tracing Facility.
Creating COBOL projects Use the IDE to maintain project resources and artefacts. You can also import existing resources into those projects.
Building COBOL applications To build an application, you need to compile its programs and link them to a run-time system. In the IDE, you use a build configuration to define how to do this.
Preparing files for deployment Configure a 'deploy' folder that is to be populated with certain executable types and supporting files required for deployment,
during the build process.
Code coverage (native COBOL) Code coverage for native COBOL in Visual COBOL integrates the Micro Focus Test Coverage facility.
Code Analysis Code analysis helps you understand and optimize your COBOL applications. Visual COBOL offers the following types of analysis:
Debugging COBOL Applications Your COBOL development system provides a debugging environment that is sensitive to COBOL, and includes all the usual features
such as stepping, watch windows and breakpoints.
Code Refactoring Code refactoring is a process and a set of techniques for improving the internal structure of your code without changing its
behavior. Refactoring deals with making the code easier to read, work with, maintain and extend.
Running COBOL applications Local or remote applications can be run through the IDE. By using run-time configurations, you can ensure they are run in
a consistent environment each time.
Working with Apache Maven Local COBOL JVM, and COBOL JVM unit test projects can be built into your Maven life-cycle. Two Micro Focus archetypes can be used with the M2Eclipse Maven plugin.