{"id":37631,"date":"2020-07-02T18:45:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcadsoftware.com\/?p=37631"},"modified":"2021-05-26T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T11:32:10","slug":"arcad-observer-lpex-integration-brings-new-levels-of-development-speed-accuracy-to-ibm-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/news-events\/arcad-press-articles\/arcad-observer-lpex-integration-brings-new-levels-of-development-speed-accuracy-to-ibm-i\/","title":{"rendered":"ARCAD Observer LPEX integration brings new levels of development speed & accuracy to IBM i"},"content":{"rendered":"

Annecy, France and Peterborough NH, USA \u2013 30 June 2020<\/strong> \u2013 ARCAD Software, international leader in DevOps and Modernization solutions, today announced the V12 TR1 release of ARCAD Observer, introducing a powerful application-wide IBM i cross-referencing capability into the LPEX editor in RDi. The new LPEX integration brings massive productivity benefits to IBM i developers, delivering context-sensitive \u201cwhere used\u201d impact analysis and dependency information directly from within their source code editor.<\/p>\n

ARCAD Observer is the IBM i application analysis and documentation solution common to the vendor\u2019s DevOps and Modernization product lines. The solution simplifies application understanding throughout the DevOps cycle and delivers application intelligence during the initiation phase of any IBM i modernization project.<\/p>\n

ARCAD Observer is distributed worldwide by IBM, via both the Passport Advantage and e-config channels. Today\u2019s new LPEX integration is the result of close collaboration between ARCAD R&D and IBM\u2019s RDi development team. In line with the latest refactoring technology in RDi, ARCAD Observer answers the need for a navigation tool to reveal the flow of information throughout the fields in an IBM i application<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Where RDi alone can provide local in-program information such as an outline view, ARCAD Observer adds an \u201capplication-wide\u201d dimension, placing developer actions such as where-used, check-out and compile just a click away on the LPEX source code view.<\/p>\n

Andrew Clark, DevOps Product Manager at ARCAD Software summarized the value of this feature to the IBM i development community: \u201cWhat differentiates ARCAD Observer from other analysis tools is the depth and scope of the cross-referencing provided. Dependency information is detailed to the field and source line level, the fruit of ARCAD\u2019s 28 years of R&D in IBM i application analysis and transformation. Previously, to utilize the full power of this cross-reference metadata, developers needed to leave the LPEX editor and skip to a separate perspective. Now, the new V12 TR1 release of Observer delivers dependency information right at the developer\u2019s fingertips, while they are changing code, compiling or debugging. The convenience and productivity gains for the developer are just enormous\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Instant access to the \u2018Program Calling Chain\u2019 from RPG source code edited in LPEX<\/p><\/div>\n

ARCAD Observer relies on metadata stored in an IBM i application knowledge base, generated in real time using ARCAD\u2019s unique parsing technology. Valuable application \u201cinsights\u201d are organized by version to provide a multi-level cross-reference view. By simply double-clicking on any text inside of the LPEX editor (e.g. field, file, procedure, program, data area, even literals), a right click instantly provides all of the power of ARCAD Observer:<\/p>\n