[Webinar] Continuous Quality (CQ): Check the quality of your RPG source code, automatically

Deadlines and other pressures can cause developers to implement the quickest and easiest solution rather than the best overall solution.  Complexity builds up over time and renders the source code fragile and difficult to maintain.  This creates a “technical debt” which spikes the cost of development and is a major cause of application errors and downtime.

Prevention is always better, and less costly, than a cure…  This session explores techniques for automating continuous source code quality checks as an integral part of the software lifecycle.

As part of your DevOps initiative, learn how to define your own coding standards and automatically detect quality issues at the earliest possible stage, before the application is even built.

Ray Bernardi is a 30-year veteran involved in the System 38/AS/400/iSeries/IBM i development and currently is a Pre/Post Sales technical Support Specialist for ARCAD Software, international ISV and IBM Business Partner.  Ray has been involved with the development and sales of many cutting edge software products throughout his career, with specialist knowledge in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) products from ARCAD Software covering a broad range of functional areas including enterprise IBM i modernization and DevOps.  In addition, Ray is a frequent speaker at COMMON and many other technical conferences around the world and has authored articles in several IBM i publications on the subject of application analysis and modernization, SQL, and business intelligence.

With 26 years of experience on the IBM midrange platform, Floyd is currently Business Development Manager for ARCAD Software, managing the IBM relationship and partnership with the IBM Cloud, IBM Systems and product managers for Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Developer for i (RDi) and UrbanCode (UC). In his role at ARCAD Software, Floyd has been directly involved in the management of modernization projects on IBM i, from planning stages through to delivery, spanning modernization of the database, business logic and UI. Drawing on his experience in project rollout and the introduction of agile methods, Floyd is a trusted advisor and speaker on the subjects of DevOps, continuous delivery and test automation.