The Necessity for Mainframe Unit Testing

(BJ)

Stream: Large Systems
Time: 09:30 - 10:30

Presentation

Automated unit testing is a critical element to mainframe DevOps success, speeding development cycles by eliminating bottlenecks and providing assurance that code changes don’t negatively impact another part of a program. Automated Unit Testing provides value including:

Increase velocity to production
Eliminate dependency on specialized mainframe knowledge
Empower novice developers to validate mainframe code changes with the same speed and confidence as other code
Support Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
Reduce time spent manually writing tests, collecting test data or manually creating data
Increase confidence to make large mainframe code chang
Facilitate regression testing

Find out how unit testing can be incorporated into your mainframe development process. Every methodology for development can benefit from unit testing. Learn the different techniques for getting developers on board with unit testing and how it fits in your methodology. As Agile and DevOps become more common, it essential that unit testing is implemented and used to maintain code quality. You’ll learn about unit testing methodologies, strategies and benefits.

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Sam Knutson is Vice President of Product Management. His past positions include Vice President of Product Management for Mainframe Performance Solutions at CA Technologies, System z Team Leader for GEICO and Senior Developer at Landmark Systems. Sam served on the board of directors for SHARE, the world’s first and longest-running user computer group, and he is a distinguished member of the mainframe community. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from DeVry Institute of Technology. Sam is an avid trail runner and marathoner.