Cobol to Java

Adventures In Modernization: Strategy + Example Converting COBOL To Java

Dallas Monson Articles, COBOL, Consulting, Development Technologies & Tools, DevOps, Java, Keyhole Creations, Modernization, Programming, Tutorial Leave a Comment

We have consultants who specialize in moving old to new, renovating dilapidated code bases, and designing brighter futures for enterprises who have been vendor-locked for most of their existence. We have come across some repeated patterns and strategies for how to approach modernization of legacy systems. In this blog, we will cover a strategy that is very popular right now, Re-Platforming.

The basic flow of this post will be:

Introduction to Modernization
High-level definition of the Re-Platforming Strategy for Modernization
Sample of Re-Platforming using Keyhole Syntax Tree Transformer, COBOL –> Java
Additional thoughts on the value/risk of this strategy

Let’s get started…

Education Scheduled: Microservices And DevOps In Action​

Lauren Fournier Bogner Articles, Company News, DevOps, Microservices Leave a Comment

Keyhole Software has announced that it will host a Microservices and DevOps educational Breakfast Boost event on January 25, 2017. This presentation will demonstrate an actual Microservices application implementation, with a live showing of a durable, stable, and elastic Microservices platform automated with DevOps tooling. This free, educational opportunity is open to the public and is specifically geared toward those participating in enterprise development.

To get more information and reserve your free tickets, please visit….

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Blood, Sweat, and Writing Automated Integration Tests for Failure Scenarios

Billy Korando Articles, DevOps, Java, Opinion, Programming, Spring, Tutorial 3 Comments

I introduce the process I went through to diagnose the bug and determine the correct integration test solution to fix it the right way. In doing so, I had to create a test that accurately reproduced the scenario my service was experiencing in PROD. I had to create a fix that took my test from failing to passing. And finally, I worked to increase confidence in the correctness of code for all future releases, which is only possible through automated testing.

DeveloperWeek 2016 Retrospective

Zach Gardner Architecture, Articles, Community, Consulting, DevOps, Microservices, Single-Page Application 2 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 10 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.I recently spoke at the DeveloperWeek 2016 conference in San Francisco, California about JavaScript Debugging Patterns. This conference was an amazing opportunity to see …

HATEOAS

Don’t Hate The HATEOAS

Billy Korando API Development, Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, DevOps, Java, REST, Single-Page Application, Tutorial 3 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 10 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the HATEOAS REST has become the defacto, or at least vogue, solution to implementing web …