This tutorial uses Antz to show you how to build a simple Hello
World! COBOL application on a z/OS® build
machine. With Ant, you can describe the steps required to build an
application using an XML-based script. Rational Team Concert™ for System z® provides a set of
extensions to Apache Ant called Antz, which makes it possible
to build z/OS-based applications with Ant.
Learning objectives
This information
center describes all of the concepts, tasks, and reference material
related to building with Rational Team Concert for System z. This tutorial is
designed to let you put all of those pieces together to practice running
a complete Rational
Team Concert for System
z build from start to finish.
In general, you will learn how
to:
- Use the Rational
Team Concert for System
z data set definition, translator, and language definition components
to define your build environment.
- Create a shared zComponent Project that contains your COBOL source
code, and also a build.xml file that defines the Antz build process.
Specifically, you should complete the following lessons:
Attention: This tutorial depends on your successful
SMP/E installation of FMIDs HAHB200 (the Rational Team Concert for System z Build Toolkit) and
HAHD200 (Rational Build
Agent). Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool that is similar to the
UNIX make utility.
Time required
You should plan on taking
a few hours to complete this tutorial. If you explore other topics
related to this tutorial, it might take longer to complete.