We have been using the DevX product for a long time now. We have some problems to solve: young developers need to integrate, source code management needs to be done, production fallback needs to be met, release management needs to be met, and reporting on change needs to be done.
Pros
Code Pipeline: integration of MF and non-MF type of object (COBOL, Java, zosconnect...). Deployment of objects coming from inside and outside the mainframe in the same way.
Workbench for Eclipse: a must-have for working with Code Pipeline and the mainframe in the development context.
Workbench for VS Code: They started developing VSCode, and the plugin works very well. There are a lot of things to add, but it's still very good. Young developers like it!
Cons
Code Pipeline: Better integration of OMVS files. Some manual work still needs to be done.
Better support of IMS/DL1/PL1 on their tooling (Code Insight, Total Test...)
Likelihood to Recommend
Source Code Management/Deploy management for the mainframe. Integration with an inter-platform deployment process.
