Compare CA Gen vs. IBM Rational Developer for z Systems

CA Gen is ranked 2nd in Mainframe Application Development with 3 reviews while IBM Rational Developer for z Systems is ranked 3rd in Mainframe Application Development. CA Gen is rated 8.6, while IBM Rational Developer for z Systems is rated 0. The top reviewer of CA Gen writes "Allows us to easily manage all changes and requests, coding is easy". On the other hand, CA Gen is most compared with Compuware Topaz Workbench and IBM Rational Developer for z Systems , whereas IBM Rational Developer for z Systems is most compared with Compuware Topaz Workbench, CA Gen and CA Development Environment for z Systems.

CA Gen

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CA Gen

Read 3 CA Gen reviews.

1,153 views|178 comparisons

IBM Rational Developer for z Systems

958 views|758 comparisons

Most Helpful Review

Gurudeva Kalledevarpurada B

IT Solution Architect at a tech vendor

Excellent Tool for Mainframes, GUI, Web Development

Advantage Gen greatly enhanced productivity as well as development of solutions in mainframes, Client, and server applications. However, it was... Read more »

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2nd out of 11 in Mainframe Application Development Views 1,153 Comparisons 178 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 302 Avg. Rating 8.7	3rd out of 11 in Mainframe Application Development Views 958 Comparisons 758 Reviews 0 Average Words per Review 0 Avg. Rating N/A
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Compuware Topaz Workbench vs. CA Gen Compared 63% of the time. IBM Rational Developer for z Systems vs. CA Gen Compared 38% of the time. See more CA Gen competitors » + Add more products to compare	Compuware Topaz Workbench vs. IBM Rational Developer for z Systems Compared 81% of the time. CA Gen vs. IBM Rational Developer for z Systems Compared 6% of the time. CA Development Environment for z Systems vs. IBM Rational Developer for z Systems Compared 5% of the time. See more IBM Rational Developer for z Systems competitors » + Add more products to compare
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Overview
CA Gen provides a single, integrated development environment that can help your teams create and maintain large-scale business applications for multiple platforms. This streamlined environment can help reduce manual labor and speed migration time while ensuring the future relevance of existing environments and applications.	IBM Rational Developer for z Systems is an integrated development tool that you can use to design, develop, deploy, and test mainframe software applications, Web, and composite applications. IBM Rational Developer for z Systems offers integration for a variety of source code management (SCM) tools in addition to providing a framework for creating your own SCM integration. It provides a common workbench and tools for the following: Development of COBOL, PL/I, C++, high-level assembler, Java and Web Services programs, Interactive access to z/OS systems, Support for IMS, CICS, Batch, USS, DB2 stored procedures, application servers and CICS and IMS application development for Web Services and SOA.
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