VisualAge Generator Developer is a complete application development environment that enables you to create, manage, test, and generate programs for use on various platforms. You can build parts and store them in the source code repository where they can be shared by multiple developers.
As you develop, VisualAge Generator Developer provides you with a program diagram that shows the hierarchical structure of the program's components. This diagram is especially helpful to developers working on more than one program. With the diagram, you can easily determine what you have done and what you have left to do. VisualAge Generator Developer maintains database and program test preferences for you in profiles you set up when you start. Both features can help you respond quickly to changing requirements.
VisualAge Generator Developer also provides a test facility for you to interactively test your programs and remove errors as you develop. After testing, you can generate a program for COBOL or C++, depending on the intended run-time environment.
Packaged with VisualAge Generator Developer is a fully functioning object-oriented language (Java or Smalltalk) that you can use for certain tasks or use to support a phased, enterprise-wide move to an component-based development model.