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Rational Developer for System z

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Implement ongoing analysis and management of business-critical IT applications
Integrating software application analysis with managing changes to source code is a critical part of multiplatform development. Amy Silberbauer describes how to do this in managing the scope and risk of changes, so your plans will be more accurate and you can make better decisions.
10 little-known but very useful RDz features
Most mainframe application developers use IBM Rational Developer for System z, or RDz, in the most popular ways: to edit and debug the most widely used programming languages and enable service-oriented architecture, or SOA. Many haven't discovered these 10 features that make work easier and boost productivity. Yet.