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Description
Learning a foundational language shouldn't require a high barrier to entry. Rocket® Visual COBOL® Personal Edition is a free, academic-use development environment designed for students and professionals eager to learn COBOL development. We give you the tools to build your skills at no cost, so you can focus entirely on your education and career growth.
By integrating natively with the modern IDEs you already know—like Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, and Eclipse—we make learning intuitive and accessible.
- Master COBOL using a free, one-year student license built specifically for education.
- Write, compile, and debug code effortlessly within familiar modern IDEs.
- Combine COBOL projects with C# and Java using our robust .NET and JVM support.
Whether you are a new developer building core skills or an experienced programmer exploring modernization, we empower your growth. Download your free edition and start coding today.
Description
eXplain is a robust tool developed by PKS Software GmbH for code analysis and the assessment of legacy systems, specifically aimed at performing in-depth evaluations of legacy applications on mainframe platforms like IBM i (AS/400) and IBM Z. This software allows organizations to gain insights into their software's contents, structural integrity, and identifies components that may be retained, improved, or phased out. By importing existing source code into a standalone "eXplain server," the tool eliminates the necessity for installations on the host system, utilizing sophisticated parsers to scrutinize programming languages such as COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, Natural, RPG, and JCL, along with information pertaining to databases like Db2, Adabas, and IMS, as well as job schedulers and transaction monitors. eXplain creates a centralized repository that functions as a knowledge hub, from which it can produce cross-language dependency graphs, data-flow diagrams, interface evaluations, groupings of related modules, and comprehensive reports on object and resource usage. This enables users to visualize relationships within the code, enhancing their understanding of the software landscape. Ultimately, eXplain empowers organizations to make informed decisions regarding the future of their legacy systems.
API Access
Has API
No
API Access
Has API
Yes
Integrations
COBOL
Yes
Java
Yes
.NET
Yes
C
No
C#
Yes
C++
No
Eclipse IDE
Yes
HTML
No
IBM Db2
No
IBM Power Servers
No
Integrations
COBOL
Yes
Java
Yes
.NET
No
C
Yes
C#
No
C++
Yes
Eclipse IDE
No
HTML
Yes
IBM Db2
Yes
IBM Power Servers
Yes
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
Yes
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
Yes
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
No
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
No
Vendor Details
Company Name
Rocket Software
Founded
1990
Country
United States
Website
www.rocketsoftware.com/en-us/products/cobol/visual-cobol-personal-edition
Vendor Details
Company Name
PKS Software
Founded
1991
Country
Germany
Website
www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain
Product Features
Application Development
Access Controls/Permissions
No
Code Assistance
No
Code Refactoring
No
Collaboration Tools
No
Compatibility Testing
No
Data Modeling
No
Debugging
No
Deployment Management
No
Graphical User Interface
No
Mobile Development
No
No-Code
No
Reporting/Analytics
No
Software Development
No
Source Control
No
Testing Management
No
Version Control
No
Web App Development
No
Product Features
Static Code Analysis
Analytics / Reporting
No
Code Standardization / Validation
No
Multiple Programming Language Support
No
Provides Recommendations
No
Standard Security/Industry Libraries
No
Vulnerability Management
No