SCLM Developer Toolkit

IBM SCLM Developer Toolkit is an Eclipse-based tool that extends the functionality and accessibility of IBM Software Configuration and Library Manager (SCLM) by providing an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) interface.

With its integrated support for storing data in SCLM files with long names, such as Java program files, HTML files, graphics files, and other workstation files, SCLM Developer Toolkit lets Java/Java EE™ developers code and test applications in an Eclipse-based IDE, and then to store source code in SCLM.

You can use SCLM Developer Toolkit to build and deploy applications within the IBM z/OS® environment using SCLM. SCLM Developer Toolkit supports deployment of Java and Java EE objects to IBM WebSphere® Application Server running on z/OS.

Because SCLM Developer Toolkit supports long name file storage, you can use SCLM to store all sorts of application components.

Integration with Eclipse
The SCLM services are provided in SCLM Developer Toolkit using the Eclipse standard, team-based actions. Current Eclipse SCM users only need to learn some of the nuances associated with SCLM to effectively drive the SCM services for their development projects.

SCLM Developer Toolkit delivers universal SCM functions, features, and services, including a large number of SCM services, such as project synchronization, file comparison, and version control, in an Eclipse SCM consistent manner. You can exploit the IDE services that currently exist for your Eclipse projects, while using SCLM for source management.

Accessing existing SCLM projects
While SCLM Developer Toolkit provides Java/Java EE developers with a transparent IDE-based interface to SCLM, it also provides access to other SCLM projects from the Eclipse IDE by means of the SCLM explorer/developer view.

This view provides a remote portal to SCLM that you can use to access SCLM artifacts and services from the Eclipse IDE. This consolidation of access and services around a single platform enhances the usability of SCLM for a wide range of developers and languages.

Flexibility and extendibility
SCLM Developer Toolkit allows you to store source code in almost any language in SCLM. Consequently, SCLM Developer Toolkit architecture can extend the level of language support that SCLM can provide through the addition of SCLM build translators.

As Eclipse tools are added to the development environment, SCLM Developer Toolkit may move to support those features. Consolidation around these open-source tools using the power of a proven (and developing) mainframe application environment realizes a powerful development scenario.