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IBM Test Accelerator for Z versions 2.3.0 and 1.0.4 both appeared today.

By Gerald Mitchell posted 16 hours ago

  

{voiceover}: “Last time! on Test Accelerator for Z…. Agentic AI makes a dramatic debut in Functional Testing thanks to some cross training with watsonx Assistant for Z, while Early Development Testing brought improvements to user experience and IMS Batch…. but what’s next? Find out now… “ [dramatic pause] “…in...” [dramatic pause] Test Accelerator for Z 2.3.0!!” 

  • A new stock image for On-Demand Environments is available!

  • Early Development Testing is continuing its user experience gains.

      • Results from the tests in theEarly Development Testing extension on Microsoft Visual Studio Code(VS Code) now link the failures directly to the test point at which the test failed, as well as the argument from where mismatch occurs.

      • Test Accelerator for Z Early Development Testing running in VS Code added more rich edit capability for COBOL data types like numeric decimal fields for native binary COMP-5 and packed decimal COMP-3.

      • Detailed occurrence information has easier identification as it is now added to the test point view and included in the data editor title in the Test Accelerator for Z Early Development Testing for VS Code.

      • Recording in the Early Development Testing running as a VS Code extension now automatically excludes many common utility programs from the recording data when choosing to record a batch program.

      • Important fixes for Test Accelerator for Z Early Development Testing in Eclipse are now available for uptake.

  • IBM Enterprise Edition for Galasa changes has up-versioned and added integrations.

    • IBM Enterprise Edition for Galasa is now based on Galasa 0.44.0. That means that now when modifying your generated functional tests, you can use 3270Manager's ITerminal interface and take advantage of a new toJsonString() method that allows tests to convert the current 3270 terminal screen into JSON format.

    • The zapp.yaml file for your project can now be used as the Galasa Configuration Property Store (CPS) in IBM Enterprise Edition for Galasa. This means your project information is what is directly used and you don’t need a separate properties file for the same information for an improved test development experience.

    • The Enterprise Edition extensions to Galasa are now available on Maven Central. This is important! You can now use Maven Central directly with both Galasa and IBM Enterprise Edition of Galasa in your personal builds as well as your DevOps pipeline when building and running your tests, without the need to host the (still provided) jar. as yet another improvement to the user experience.

      • In Maven Central:

      • NOTE: The IBM Enterprise Edition for Galasa requires the license checks to pass for activation for usage at runtime. Read more directly below...

  • Functional Testing and IBM Enterprise Edition for Galasa started checking for awesomeness.

    • The Functional Testing VS Code extensions now validate the IBM Test Accelerator for Z license before they can be used.

    • The IBM Enterprise Edition of Galasa extensions now validate the IBM Test Accelerator for Z license before they can be used, as well.

    • This means that Functional Testing can now assure the usage is viable in Test Accelerator for Z, as the host setting is used to connect, and that the Test Accelerator for Z capabilities on the host are installed which is where the check occurs, before the process to create and run Functional Testing is available.

    • If the license status check fails, each command will result in a failure message, as well as a popup in the IBM Test Accelerator for Z Functional Testing extension on VS Code window.
      Needs some attention…

    • The status of the license is determined on startup of the extension. If it is ready to go, you can use the command palette to refresh. The reload of the developer window or Updating a Zowe profile can also trigger a recheck.
      Ready to go!

  • The What’s New for Test Accelerator for Z 1.0.4

    • TL;DR? Important fixes for Test Accelerator for Z Early Development Testing for z/OS and a new stock image for On-Demand Dev and Test for z/OS. Update and upgrade.

{voiceover}: “More coming soon, next time, on Test Accelerator for Z!”

{insert credits rolling}

  • IBM Developer for z/OS on VS Code new release last week.

  • IBM Developer for z/OS 16.0.8 released today too.

  • Upcoming Webinar to watch Optimize Development with New Features in IDzEE, VS Code, and Eclipse December 3, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

    • IBM Developer for z/OS Enterprise Edition continues to deliver meaningful enhancements from productivity boosts to expanded vulnerability scanning and key customer-requested updates. In this webinar, we’ll walk through the latest improvements across both editors (VS Code and Eclipse) and show how IDzEE and the broader ADFz suite. Which includes how APA, FM, FA, and DBB come together to support modern mainframe development. Register here. Joy Spohn IBM Z DevOps Offering Manager  Chris Sayles IBM Z DevOps Enablement & Digital Marketing Specialist

  • IBM Z Day was November 12th, with replays available.

    • Go back and watch IBM Z Day! Free is a pretty good deal! Learn and earn badges too! 

  • Not enough material for the road trip? Read the Test Accelerator for Z Blog Archives!

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