CA 2E, developed by Broadcom, is a leading rapid application development (RAD) tool for the IBM i platform. It empowers development teams to design, generate, implement, and maintain applications with enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. By utilizing a model-driven approach, CA 2E automates the generation of code, database designs, and other essential components, streamlining the development process. This approach not only accelerates application development but also simplifies ongoing maintenance, ensuring that applications remain adaptable to evolving business requirements. With CA 2E, organizations can achieve greater productivity and maintain high-quality standards in their application development lifecycle.

Features:

• Model-Driven Development: Facilitates system design based on business requirements, promoting alignment between IT and business objectives.
• Data-Driven Design: Employs relational database design principles, ensuring robust and scalable database structures.
• Code Generation: Supports multiple programming languages, including RPG III/IV and COBOL, automating code creation for client, server, and database objects.
• Object-Based Approach: Incorporates platform-neutral syntax in the application modeling process, enhancing portability and flexibility.
• Object Reuse: Enables the creation of reusable components, reducing development time and promoting consistency across applications.
• Direct-to-Web Functionality: The CA 2E Web Option allows for HTML generation and runtime facilities, facilitating web-enablement of applications.
• Full Lifecycle Support: Manages the entire application lifecycle, from design and coding to generation, building, and ongoing maintenance.
• Workgroup Environment: Supports collaborative development, allowing multiple developers to work on the same project simultaneously.
• Impact Analysis: Provides functions for managing design objects, aiding in the assessment of changes and their potential impact on the application.