Using AccuRev and Endevor with Enterprise Developer

With Enterprise Sync you can configure and implement an automatic process which keeps Endevor and AccuRev objects in sync.

Depending on the degree of maturity of the existing application development process, different scenarios can be implemented as a starting point, supporting developers with a modern IDE based on Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Sync.

• You could use Enterprise Developer for developing and testing on the mainframe only using the full supported Endevor integration. Already in this scenario the synchronization of the Endevor elements with AccuRev would provide most of the advantages described below. This alternative might be a good starting point if the mainframe developers were using ISPF before and are not familiar with modern Eclipse based IDEs.
• If you would like to be more independent from the other team developers, or you want to take the full advantage of unit testing using the Enterprise Developer mainframe project support, using the AccuRev controlled file management is recommended. Promoting your unit tested files to an AccuRev stream which is directly synchronized with Endevor would be a good approach in this scenario. The team's integration test could be still supported on the mainframe.
• You could also want to take advantage of AccuRev working in parallel or to support an integration test environment off the mainframe based on the Micro Focus Enterprise Test Server. To support this you would consider to add additional AccuRev stream levels below the stream which is used as the synchronization point to Endevor.

Although the last scenario provides the best support by combining an integrated distributed SCM process with a mainframe SCM tool, it is crucial to understand that Enterprise Sync doesn't require you to implement this step initially. The Micro Focus enterprise product offerings based on Enterprise Developer, Enterprise Analyzer, Enterprise Server, Enterprise Test Server and Enterprise Sync allow introducing a long-term, incremental migration process from an ISPF-based development environment to a modern Eclipse-based development environment.

In this context, Enterprise Sync is an important component which extends the existing mainframe SCM features to the distributed platform without the pre-requisite to first migrate from the mainframe SCM system to a new distributed SCM system. Instead, the objects of the mainframe SCM system are kept in sync with the distributed SCM system.