This Welcome section includes information for new and existing customers about how to install and license the product, an overview of application development, changes from previous releases, any tutorials and samples.
If you are new to Enterprise Developer, check Where do I start? in this section.
You should also read the Help on Help topic for details on how to use this documentation.
Enterprise Developer supports IBM COBOL, IBM PL/I, IBM Assembler, IBM CICS, IBM IMS, IBM JCL, IBM DB2, IBM z/OS file formats and common batch utilities, including SORT. This means that you can develop and maintain the core mainframe online and batch applications under Enterprise Developer. You can then deploy these applications back on the mainframe or migrate them onto one of the Micro Focus Linux, UNIX or Windows-based production platforms.
The Application Workflow Manager section in General Reference explains the mainframe integration and mainframe modelling features of Enterprise Developer for z Systems.
Micro Focus offers Enterprise Developer with the following licensing options that unlock different functionality:
Enterprise Developer Connect is for customers looking to use modern and productive Eclipse-based tooling to develop mainframe applications directly on the mainframe. Close integration to mainframe configuration management systems and the ability to easily customize the Eclipse-based IDE to include mainframe-based tools and processes means developers can take full advantage of modern development tools without having to learn new development processes.
Enterprise Developer is for customers looking to develop and modernize mainframe applications in a productive and modern Windows-based development environment, targeted for deployment onto an alternate server platform. Developers have the choice of either the Visual Studio or the Eclipse-based IDE and development and test tools are provided for all target environments currently supported by Micro Focus.
Enterprise Developer for z Systems gives customers the choice to develop directly on the mainframe or under Windows. Mainframe applications can be developed, maintained and modernized regardless of where they will be deployed, either back onto the mainframe or onto an alternative server environment. Support is provided for both the Visual Studio and Eclipse-based IDEs and for all the development and test tools for every target environment currently supported by Micro Focus - including z/Linux, AIX and x86 environments.
Enterprise Developer for z Systems combines all the capabilities of Enterprise Developer Connect and Enterprise Developer.Full mainframe integration and the Application Workflow Manager are only available in the Eclipse-based IDE.
You can use the Personal Edition option if you install the previous release, Enterprise Developer Personal Edition 2.1 Update 1. When you start the product, follow the links in the Micro Focus Enterprise Developer Product Licensing dialog box to activate the free product.