TPF Toolkit

© 2002 IBM Corporation

Transaction Processing Facility

TPF Users Group Acapulco May 2004 © 2004 IBM Corporation

Pete NichollsIBM Toronto Lab

TPF Toolkit


TPF Users Group Acapulco May 2004 © 2004 IBM Corporation2

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History

1997 Spring TPF UG 1997 Fall TPF UG 1997 VisualAge TPF GA 7 years of CSDs 2004 TPF Toolkit for WebSphere Studio



Why a TPF Toolkit?

VA TPF code base aging – Harder to add new function

– Newer versions of Windows harder to support

– New development inside IBM not happening on VisualAge code base

– Framework VA TPF built upon no longer enhanced

Future– Support future versions of TPF

– Take advantage of current tooling components available in IBM

– More open tooling platform for TPF customers



Eclipse Technology

"universal platform for integrating tools" function provided by a plug-in architecture

– all function provided by plug-ins

– extension points allow integration with other plugins (tools)

– plugins packaged into features open, extensible written in Java supports many platforms

– Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX currently working on Version 3.0 large development community Not for profit corporation with over 50 member companies



IBM’s tooling strategy

WebSphere Studio is an integrated development and deployment environment

based on Eclipse technology consists of product offerings and toolkits vendor access to IBM PartnerWorld



WebSphere Studio and TPF tooling

Eclipse technology

WebSphere Studio Workbench

TPF Tooling plugins

Vendor Plugins Customer plugins

zOSprograms

TPFToolingFrom IBM

AddonsTo TPFTooling

Customer scripts/commands



TPF Toolkit function Remote System Explorer

– zOS system– HFS file subsystem– JES subsystem

–TPF system– debug subsystem– performance subsystem

– extensible

TPF Project Perspective– workspace, buildspace management

– "bleed through" resource views

– build support (TPF Make)

– open SCM integration

Editor– syntax highlighting

– code assist

– F1 context sensitive help

– integration to debug and search

– outline views

Help– html based help system

– search

Debug– command interface

– variable changes marked

– ECB

Performance Analyzer



Terminology

views– Single pane that contains specific information

– editors, project navigator perspectives

– Arrangement of views to present information relevant to a specific task

– TPF Project, Debug, Remote System Explorer wizards

– to simplify tasks markers

– decorate resources

– breakpoints, bookmarks, tasks Plugins

– Basic unit of functionality



Workbench Terminology

Tool bar

PerspectiveandFast Viewbar

TPF ProjectNavigatorview

Stackedviews

Propertiesview

Tasksview

Outlineview

Bookmarksview

Menu bar

Messagearea

EditorStatusarea

Texteditor



Screen Shots

TPF Toolkit Perspective Compile Errors Help system Remote System Explorer Perspective Debug Perspective Edit session

These will give you an idea of the features available IBM demo suite tonight will have viewlets to show these



TPF Toolkit Perspective

TPF Project

Navigator

Fast View and

Perspective bar

PropertiesTPF

Toolkit Console

Stacked views

TPF Editor

Outline View



Remote Compile errors

Errors listed in TPF error list

Errors are markersDifferent icons for types of errors

Markers are displayedIn file

problem message displays if you

hover on marker



Help window

content

links

search

Table ofcontents

books

topics

bookmark

print

navigation tabs toc

search

linksbookmarks



Remote System Explorer….USS file system

files

directories

filters

Sub-system Edit view

Tasks

properties



Remote System Explorer…TPF System

TPF system

Debugsubsys

Debug registration

Feedbackconsole



Debug Perspective….TPF debug session

Debug view

Sourceeditor

variables

Other views

Current line



Code Completion for Assembler

Available Completions



Migration

Command line tools to support migration from VA TPF

Migrating VA TPF projects, preferences and customized toolbar

Projects are exported from VA TPF into XML file which migration tool uses to create TPF Toolkit project



Other interesting things

Disconnected mode– Ability to move workspace resource to local machine

– Resynch these again when reconnect

Cheat Sheets– Allow you to create a step by step guide through a task.

– Check out the programming challenge to see cheat sheets in use

Update Manager– Searches the IBM TPF Toolkit service site for updates

– Wizard to install any updates



Future

Eclipse 3.0 will be released at the end of June– Different look and feel

– Better support via update manager for intranet distributions

– Activities supported

– will be migrating to this in the future

CDT– This is the Eclipse C/C++ tools project

– Investigating taking better advantage of tools available there

Editors– Standardizing on eclipse editors

– Leverage function created for snippet support

Tools– Upgrade performance analyzer to use Hyades framework



TPF Programmer’s Challenge

Colette Manoni

Documents

TPF Toolkit