BMC AMI DevX vs. Firebase Crashlytics

I love these tools! However, my company has not yet transitioned from SCLM to a modern repository, and this is causing most of our developers to remain within TSO for all their development. It's been a slow adoption up to this point, but we are moving toward more modernization this year and next, so with any luck, we'll see usage pick up. Success depends on the speed at which your management is willing to move.

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Firebase Crashlytics is a no-brainer if you are already using any of the other Firebase suite of products, as its integration is very easy if you are already using these in your app. If you have cross-platform Android, iOS, and macOS apps, you should also consider Firebase Crashlytics to provide a unified across your platforms. If your app is only on Android or only on Apple, then you may be better off remaining with the default Apple Developer or Google Play Developer Console crash collection experiences.

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• The tool I use is fairly intuitive. It doesn't take long to be using it full time.
• Changing the layout/view is fairly easy. This allows it to fit individual preferences.
• It is helpful to be able to view specific windows in full screen. Usually, I have it set up to view multiple windows, but sometimes, I just want to view one window in full-screen mode.
• the debug utility is very useful. Place stopping points is easy and one can set parameters as to when you stop at a line of code. Changing the data on the fly is easy and usefull. The interface is easy to use and make sense.

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• Providing stack traces that are useful when users have crashes.
• Tracking crashes per version (app and OS) so we know whether to release a version to everyone instead of a subset.
• Provides trending crsahes/problems if there's a spike in issues so we can get on it quickly.

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• Download source code plug-in on Azure DevOps to allow downloading prod version even if it's not in the assignment.
• Publishing Test Results on Azure DevOps from Total Test plugin
• Integration with DevEnterprise in Workbench and GenAI capabilities for enhance code analysis (Accross multiple programs/applications)

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• Navigation between the issue listing and details is something difficult to understand for the new user.
• Pannel takes time in loading may be because of analytics data but it can be reduce.
• Not provide accurate line number in case of proguarded apps.

This is a very good range of tools that we use daily to maintain our programs

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Because its fulfilling our basic and necessary requirements that can be an only and enough reason to renew the subscription.

9 as it gives good smooth experience for all development tasks. Can be improved a little.

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It is very easy for non-developer staff to use the Firebase Console and gather information for the development team. Developers will find it straightforward to integrate Firebase Crashlytics into new or existing codebases using Google's in-depth developer documentation. I cannot think of an easier cross-platform solution to use, and because of that I wish it supported more platforms!

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The tool is very reliable and we have had very few cases where we have had to contact support.

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With one exception, we did not observe any slowdown in development activity when using the AMI DEVX Code DEBug tool.

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Support has been amazing compared to Optim. Further, new features are very regular with File-AID - I can't remember the last time Optim had a significant update. File-AID support is very receptive to feature requests and reported bugs, including sending out hotfixes quickly.

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The learning phase is relatively easy to implement.

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The installation teams for these products have never complained about any difficulties during the integration of this range of tools into our IT system.

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The names may have changed over the years, but anyone who has been around for a while will recognize them. For Software Configuration Management, I have used TSO/ISPF/SCLM, Panvalet, ChangeMan, Librarian, Endevor, and now Code Pipeline. All of them met the basic requirements. All of them had their advantages and disadvantages. Code Pipeline, however, stands head and shoulders above the rest in simplicity, completeness, effectiveness, efficiency, and elegance.

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Truly speaking, it is also a quite good tool for crash reports, but Firebase Crashlytics was better to use when you are using the Firebase Realtime database as your DB, so the integrations become much easier.

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• Possitive impact. It is main product suite to enable devops in the mainframe applications team. All developers use these on day-to-day work.
• Negative impact: Recent usability issues caused disappointment in the application teams. It became hard motivate the development community to increase usage.

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• Fix bugs within hours rather than days or weeks
• Retain users longer by reducing their frustration due to crashes
• Keep management happy that our app is stable & bug-free

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