Road Map to DB2 Programming

Companion Products

	http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/pli/	Provides information about the PL/I family.
	http://www.software.ibm.com/ software/ad/visgen/	Provides information about VisualAge Generator.

In addition to the products described in "About the Application Developer's Kit", there are other products you can use when developing DB2 applications:

PL/I Family

Products that provide tools to enable a visual programming environment to build new applications and to support existing applications. PL/I products contain a built-in precompiler that works with the DB2 Software Developer's Kit.

VisualAge Generator

Formerly named VisualGen, this product is a powerful high-end application development solution for building mission critical multi-tier client/server systems.

From a single desktop environment you can rapidly develop and test both client and server logic. Once your system is completely tested, you invoke a sophisticated generation engine which partitions your logic, transforms it into an optimized 3GL (COBOL or C++), and deploys it to your target platforms. As your platforms, databases or transactional systems change, you can retarget and generate without modifying your source.

VisualAge Generator includes support for DB2 distributed unit of work, which enables you to connect multiple DB2 databases in a single transaction.

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