Rational Developer for System z provides tools for developing Assembler, COBOL, C/C++, and PL/I program on both local and remote systems.
System properties, subproject properties, local project properties, and resource properties make the development environment more convenient. You can build code at a keystroke, for example, because compilers and linkage editors are referenced as property values. Rational Developer for System z defines resource properties in property groups, or named sets of property values that can be easily shared and reused among projects, systems, and users.
Properties define the characteristics of a local or remote resource. They are created for each resource when the resource is first accessed and maintained until the resource is deleted. Disconnecting from a remote system makes the properties and resources unviewable, but the properties persist and can be viewed again when you reconnect to the system.
When you modify a resource by an operation you initiate from within Rational Developer for System z, the properties of the resource are kept up to date. When you modify a resource from outside Rational Developer for System z (for example, using ISPF), the properties of the resource become out of synch until they are refreshed from the workstation.
Rational Developer for System z defines a set of default properties for the systems, projects, and resources you define. If no property groups are defined for a system, then the default properties are in effect for the system and its resources.