IBM ZCodeScan Overview

IBM® Developer z/OS® Enterprise Edition enhances the existing code scanning capabilities with the introduction of IBM ZCodeScan 1.0.

IBM ZCodeScan helps developers to scan the COBOL applications for security vulnerabilities and perform code review scans across z/OS applications. IBM ZCodeScan comes with a design to accommodate the latest Visual Studio Code editor features to help the development teams to deliver a higher quality software through security scanning and code quality capability.

IBM ZCodeScan includes the following features:

• Provides an IBM security vulnerabilities scanner to find any potential issues in the COBOL source code.
• Delivers a built-in rules file to easily set up the code reviews. These rules covers the typical best practices in COBOL coding.
• Provides real time code review with Linting in IBM Developer on VS Code to provide faster feedback on code quality.
• Includes a Command Line Interface (CLI) to run code review from anywhere for increased flexibility. For example, the CLI can be invoked from a developer’s workstation, from a pipeline orchestrator, or from any build framework.

For more information, watch this video, Scan your code with IBM ZCodeScan.