COOL:Gen 6.0 eBusiness Edition Product Update

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COOLGen 6.0 eBusiness Edition Product Update

• Dalia Soliman
• Development Manager
• Computer Associates

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What is COOLGen 6.0 eBusiness Edition?
Proven development environment for eBusiness
applications when extreme scalability and
high-performance are essential.
100 Code Generation!
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Application Development Environment

• Model-driven, integrated application development
  tools

Data Business Rules User Interfaces
Integrated Modeling Environment
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100 Code Generation
Integrated Modeling Environment
Multi-Platform Implementation
Multi-Level Repository Environment
COOLGen generates 100 of your eBusiness
solution, including your application logic,
browser interfaces,and communications
infrastructure. Depending on the platform options
selected, COOLGen generates COBOL, C, C, and
with the eBusiness Edition, Java solutions.
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COOLGen Scalability
COOLGen is capable of supporting large
development teams ranging from 20-300, who need
to deliver complex, mission critical web
applications that require 24 X 7 stability and
can process thousands of transactions per second,
and millions of transactions per day.
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Delivering Web Solutions

• High Transaction Volumes
• Multiple Platforms
• Large Volumes Complex Data
• 365 x 24 stability

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The Evolution of COOLGen

• Delivering Web Services
• Integrating Systems A2B2C
• XML Communication
• Models to Components to EJBs

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eBusiness Integration
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The COOLGen Roadmap

• COOLGen 6.0
• Announced October 31st 2000
• COOLGen 6.0 eBusiness Edition
• Beta February 2001
• June 2001
• Beyond COOLGen 6.0 eBusiness Edition
• COOLGen 6.5 Beta 1H2002
• COOLGen 6.5 2H2002
• COOLGen 7.0 Beta
• COOLGen 7.0

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COOLGen 6.0

• Web Solution
• Communications Support
• Component Based Development
• Usability Enhancements
• Developer Enhancements
• Legacy Application Utilization

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COOLGen 6.0

• eBusiness
• Generating Java Server Pages
• Expand National Language Support
• Alternative History Handling Mechanism
• Support for Hidden Fields
• Edit and Store Custom HTML JavaScript in the
  Model
• Communications Support
• Asynchronous Communications Support
• ECI Communications Through the IBM Transaction
  Gateway
• IMS TCP/IP Direct Connect

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COOLGen 6.0

• Component Based Development
• Type Map Diagram
• Component Architecture Diagram
• Usability Enhancements
• Toolset Usability
• Electronic Books Converted to HTML Format

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COOLGen 6.0

• Developer Enhancements
• Package Bind for MVS
• Command Line Control for Unix and NT
• Windows 2000 Certification
• Legacy Application Utilization (Add-on)
• Connector For COBOL

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COOLGen 6.0 eBusiness Edition

• eBusiness
• Web Generation of HTML and JSP
• Deploy to Multiple Web Application Servers
• Java Business Logic on Middle Tier
• JDBC Access on Middle Tier
• Network Trace for Web Applications
• HTTP Servlet Request
• Session info e.g. USERID, IP Address
• National Language Support for Browser
  Applications
• Hebrew Support across applications

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Browser Interface Customisation

• Allow custom modification of HTML or Java Script
  within Toolset
• Embed HTML controls in toolset to support
  customization
• Modifications stored within model
• HTML or Java Script Modifications (made outside
  of toolset) can be stored in Model
• Modifications parsed and stored within model
• lt!-- COOLGen start import --gt (custom HTML
  or Java Script)
• lt!-- COOLGen end import --gt
• Will be maintained for subsequent re-generations

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Browser Interface Customisation
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COOLGen Web Client Enablement Architecture in 6.0
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COOLGen Web Client Enablement Architecture in
6.0 eBusiness Edition
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Delivering Web Solutions

• High Transaction Volumes
• Multiple Platforms
• Large Volumes Complex Data
• 365 x 24 stability

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COOLGen COBOL Connector

• Business Need
• To deliver a new eBusiness application where many
  of the processes required already exist in a
  legacy COBOL application
• Value of COBOL Integration
• Allows quick re-use of existing COBOL assets
  without writing a single line of COBOL

Leverage Existing COBOL Assets!
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Connector For COBOL
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Benefits of the COBOL Connector

• Productivity
• Non-obtrusive call to existing code
• 100 Code Generation of connectors
• Connectors maintained by Encyclopedia
• Leverage existing software investments
• Flexibility
• Connections to legacy applications ready for
  reuse
• Development consistency
• One tool for integration

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Jasmineii Portal

• Delivering Personalized Information
• Live Feeds
• Web Applications
• COOLGen Application can run inside the Portal

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6.5 Candidate Enhancements (1 of 2)

• Generating EJB Servers
• XML Support for COOLGen Proxies
• IMS TCP/IP Direct Connect
• Enable Com and C Proxies with TUXEDO Middleware
• Embedding Java Beans and OCX controls in HTML
  Pages

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6.5 Candidate Enhancements (2 of 2)

• Cookie Free Implementation
• Remove the requirement for using Applets for
  validation
• Drop-down Menus
• HTML Pages without Frames
• Support for Netscape 6.x
• Handling ScrollTop and ScrollBottom Events
• Enhanced Listbox Scrolling to provide a dragable,
  scrolling thumb
• Disabled By depending on the values/states of
  other controls on the same window. Facilitates
  using GUI models to generate for the Web
• AND MORE ...

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EJB Support
Server
WebServer
Browser
Today
JSP Engine
Server Pgms
Java Proxy
Web Client Enablement
EJB Container
COOLGen
COOLGen 6.5
ejb
ejb
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For More Information

• http//www.ca.com/products/cool/coolgen.htm

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Final Thoughts

• CA committed to application development
• COOLGen is the application development
  environment for Enterprise Servers
• Future of COOLGen...

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COOLGen Evolution

• Delivering Web Solutions
• Integrating Systems A2B2C
• XML Web Services
• Models to Components to EJBs

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Questions