Integrating IBM Dependency Based Build and Developer for z/OS

The IBM® Dependency Based Build (DBB) integration is available with IBM Developer for z/OS Enterprise Edition.

IBM Developer for z/OS integrates with IBM Dependency Based Build (DBB) so that you can run personal builds for COBOL, PL/I, and Assembler source files that are stored in a Git repository on a z/OS system. DBB builds use modern scripting languages, such as Apache Groovy, and the personal builds that you run by using the integration can use the same scripts on z/OS that run full team builds. DBB build operations occur on the remote system and return the output of the build and the results of the DBB scripts to your local workstation.

IBM Developer for z/OS supports user builds by using zAppBuild or zBuilder:
  • For user builds with zAppBuild, Developer for z/OS provides a user build wizard for configuring and running builds that use the zAppBuild tool for interacting with the Apache Groovy scripts that run the build. For more information about building z/OS applications with zAppBuild, see the IBM Dependency Based Build version 2.0 documentation.
  • For user builds with zBuilder, the product uses a ZAPP file to configure a build, which you can then run by using a menu option from the z/OS Projects view. For more information about building z/OS applications with zBuilder, see the IBM Dependency Based Build version 3.0 documentation.

The DBB integration documentation includes these topics.