"I like the ability to flow through the source and see what happens to the data as the statements are executed. If there is a fault, it will track the event, and we can then look back to see why it may have caused the fault. You can also reverse engineer your test. You can set it so that you can go backward as well as forward in your test. This is something that I haven't done here at my company. Compuware Xpediter is one of the best debugging tools for mainframe software development. We have currently licensed only the COBOL language for Xpediter, but I know they have other languages, including Assembler, PL/I."
"Programmers can verify their changes more quickly, identify any kind of logic mistakes in the program more quickly."
"InterTest is also bundled with SymDump. We see this as a bundle. They are always together for us. So InterTest is used for debugging process, walking through the code, checking data conditions and code flow. SymDump is used for the fact, after a problem occurs. SymDump catches what point in time the problem occurred, all the other connecting data, and points us to the code to indicate what caused the situation."
"Their technical support could be better. There were times where, when we reported bugs, they would fix one bug but add another one. That's probably because of their support model. A lot of organizations are developing software using Agile rather than the Waterfall method, so things are happening all over the place. You get things quicker, but sometimes one fix will break another one or add other bugs."
"You can have as many users as you like using it. However, sometimes they'll "step on each other" if there are two applications that are testing in one particular region, one could cause some type of a storage overlay and that will hamper another customer trying to do something in the same region."
BMC Compuware Xpediter is ranked 2nd in Mainframe Testing Tools while InterTest is ranked 3rd in Mainframe Testing Tools. BMC Compuware Xpediter is rated 8.6, while InterTest is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of BMC Compuware Xpediter writes "From a development perspective, it allowed me to validate every line of my logic if necessary, most times in one pass". On the other hand, the top reviewer of InterTest writes "Helps programmers verify changes, identify any kind of logic mistakes, more quickly". BMC Compuware Xpediter is most compared with IBM Debug Tool, BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench and IBM Fault Analyzer for zOS, whereas InterTest is most compared with IBM Debug Tool and BMC Compuware Topaz Program Analysis.
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