Hey Ian,
I currently use vscode leveraging the Zowe Explorer plugin to manage a few z/OS environments. It is great if you're familiar with more traditional mechanisms to manage systems (submitting a job to get something done, edit a configuration dataset, and issue an operator command).
As for where I see things going, the current trajectory seems to be focused on providing bridges between the way things are traditionally done and how the next generation would like to do them. I feel this is very encouraging for the limitless future of management tooling. As for where I would like it to go, I would like to see more functionality provided by z/OSMF's web interface pulled into vscode by means of a plugin to provide stronger management capabilities from a single pane of glass.
Just to be transparent, I do most of my system management using a combination of SSH and vscode. I rarely log onto the traditional TSO/ISPF interface to do anything anymore. I had been using TSO/ISPF since 2010.
Happy to share my opinions on anything you may be interested in!
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Steven Perva
Sr Mainframe Innovation Engineer
Ensono
Chicago IL
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue February 21, 2023 02:22 PM
From: ian chappell
Subject: Using Visual Studio Code for administration
Hi,
Interested to see if anyone is using or planning to use Visual Studio Code, plus plugins of course (Zowe etc) for the management of their z/OS environments and where they see this going if at all interested.
Thanks
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ian chappell
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