IBM Bob is an AI-assisted development tool designed to support developers across the software development lifecycle. It helps interpret developer intent and provides assistance when working with real-world codebases by using contextual awareness of the surrounding project.
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IBM watsonx Code Assistant Portfolio (legacy)
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IBM watsonx Code Assistant is a family of domain-specific AI Code Assistants & Agentic IDEs built on IBM Granite foundation models. The product portfolio provides targeted generative code recommendation, refactoring, and application modernization capabilities across enterprise domain environments, including IT automation infrastructure and mainframe enterprise systems. Note: IBM has transitioned its domain-specific watsonx Code Assistant tooling into IBM Bob, a unified agentic software…
Really good fit: - Getting started with IBM i development - Getting an overview of a process or program which you have never seen before - Teaching about general IBM i usage (but you have to ignore the edits of system values on the machine) Not good to use: - If you expect working and fully analyzed modernization projects - If you rely on the correctness of the code, because you don't understand the overall syntax of the language - Working with column based RPG II code - Working on very complex systems
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I would recommend for understanding your Mainframe components not for the GenAI piece involved from just my experience. The explanations were not up to the quality we wanted but its deterministic side provided a lot of value for different members of my team. The visuals would be great. I am not sure where it currently stands
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Fluency in COBOL RPG, and modernizing them into cloud ready frameworks. It compressed a 30 day migration down to 3 days
"Plan mode" creates dependency maps and multi-page technical specification drafts. Helps eradicate research overhead. It outputs a 20+ page convert blueprint in minutes
Generates end to end automated test suites and native browser validation. Helps extreme QA sprint efficiency without expanding headcount
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It can automatically revamp specific parts of the COBOL code and very useful when we want to maintain the existing codebase but improve its structure. I can highlight a block of COBOL code and use Watsonx Assistant to suggest ways to simplify and optimize it.
Legacy codes, mostly written in COBOL, are cryptic and difficult to understand. Watsonx Assistant analyzes the code and provides insights into its functionalities and dependencies. A great help when working on older applications where understanding the codebase is crucial.
A step-by-step approach to modernize our applications slowly and steadily, so that we can control the process better. I don't have to change everything at once. Instead, I can focus on specific COBOL modules and automatically convert them to Java.
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Would like to see more personalization capabilities. Bob does a good job reading code and adapting to a given style, but there should be more specific personalization settings.
A more detailed understanding of how Bobcoins are spent would be welcome. This will help adapt to more efficient prompting.
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IBM Bob functions well with its IDE. The interface is very versatile and configurable. But "out of the box" it is already very useful. And being able to specify which mode of operation it should use (ask, design, etc.) helps your focus and helps to tailor IBM Bob to the function you want it to perform, instead of having to write it all out in prompts.
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I selected IBM Bob primarily because of his training and the quality of the information he provides. Yo selecione IBM Bob principalmente por como fue entrenado y la calidad de la information que TE provee
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Security is very important in the mainframe world. At Watsonx, we work in the trusted Z environment, which has strong security rules, stricter than those of other cloud-based solutions. My domain is primarily mainframe modernization and Watsonx Code Assistant for Z is specifically used to understand and work with COBOL, the language used majorly in mainframe environments, not any general-purpose language that used in various platforms. It understands the nuances of COBOL and Assembler specific to the Z environment, something crucial for my work.
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While manual review and adjustments are still needed, it's a 50-70% reduction in manual coding. Think about it - a project estimated to take a year is done in 4-6 months.
We've been able to introduce new features and improvements more quickly by updating our technology faster. One relevant example is we recently released an important update to our main product 45 days earlier than planned.
It has been a smart move and it's really paid off for our company. We've cut down a lot of time we used to spend doing things manually. We now spend our resources more wisely, work faster and finish projects sooner and as a result, we've reduced our development costs by 25%.
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