Prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code

This topic outlines the prerequisites required to install Early Deployment Testing on VS Code.

Refer to the following table for version‑specific host and client prerequisites.

IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.8.0

Version of IBM® Test Accelerator for Z	Host system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code	Client system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code
2.8.0	z/OS Debugger 17.0.4.2 (Dynamic Test Engine) or later z/OSMF or RSE API 1.2.4 or later	Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) 1.111 IBM Z Open Editor VS Code extension - 6.4.0 IBM Z Open Debug VS Code extension - 5.6.4 IBM Compiled Code Coverage 1.0.3 Zowe Explorer VS Code extension 3.4.0 Java SDK or JRE 21 Recommended: YAML Language Support by Red Hat VS Code extension.

IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.7.0

Version of IBM Test Accelerator for Z	Host system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code	Client system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code
2.7.0	z/OS Debugger 17.0.4.1 (Dynamic Test Engine) or later RSE API 1.2.4 or later Note: To use the unit test CLI, you must have 17.0.4.1 or later.	Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) 1.111 IBM Z Open Editor VS Code extension - 6.4.0 IBM Z Open Debug VS Code extension - 5.6.2 IBM Compiled Code Coverage 1.0.2 Zowe Explorer VS Code extension 3.4.0 Java SDK or JRE 21 Recommended: YAML Language Support by Red Hat VS Code extension.

IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.6.0

Version of IBM Test Accelerator for Z	Host system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code	Client system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code
2.6.0	z/OS Debugger 17.0.3 (Dynamic Test Engine) or later z/OSMF or RSE API 1.2.2 or later	Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) 1.102.3 IBM Z Open Editor VS Code extension - 6.3.0 IBM Z Open Debug VS Code extension - 5.6.2 IBM Compiled Code Coverage 1.0.2 Zowe Explorer VS Code extension 3.4.0 Java SDK or JRE 21 Recommended: YAML Language Support by Red Hat VS Code extension.

IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.5.0

Version of IBM Test Accelerator for Z	Host system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code	Client system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code
2.5.0	z/OS Debugger 17.0.3 (Dynamic Test Engine) or later z/OSMF or RSE API 1.2.2 or later	Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) 1.102.3 IBM Z Open Editor VS Code extension - 6.1 IBM Z Open Debug VS Code extension - 5.6 Zowe Explorer VS Code extension 3.3.2 Java SDK or JRE 21 Recommended: YAML Language Support by Red Hat VS Code extension.

IBM Test Accelerator for Z 2.4.0

Version of IBM Test Accelerator for Z	Host system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code	Client system prerequisites for Early Deployment Testing on VS Code
2.4.0	z/OS Debugger 17.0.3 (Dynamic Test Engine) or later z/OSMF or RSE API 1.2.2 or later	Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) 1.102.3 IBM Z Open Editor VS Code extension - 6.1 IBM Z Open Debug VS Code extension - 5.6 Zowe Explorer VS Code extension 3.3.2 Java SDK or JRE 21 Recommended: YAML Language Support by Red Hat VS Code extension.

For more information, please see IBM Host Configuration Assistant.