How AI-assisted software testing makes DevOps work – QA Valley

Nearly two-thirds of large enterprises are running mainframe-based apps dating back two decades, according to the recent Mainframe Modernization Business Barometer Report from Advanced. Over a quarter of businesses run production applications that are as much as 30 years old–some even go back to the 1960s. For example, in a conversation with a friend at a U.S. public pension fund with nearly $100 billion under management, he told me they decided to take action and migrate most of their remaining mainframe applications from COBOL to Java. Well, for one thing, it was hard to find developers who knew the language, or wanted to, with COBOL ranking #1 as the "most dreaded" programming language in Stack Overflow's annual survey. But there were more reasons for embracing Java, starting with a desire to make better use of DevOps to improve software delivery. When migrating from COBOL (or any language) to Java (or any language), it's smart to start with testing requirements.