One of the challenges working in a consultancy on client site, is adapting modern ideas and techniques onto existing legacy systems. The temptation can be to sweep away the old and replace with the new, but most times this is not possible (or even desirable as it introduces a whole new element of risk and cost). In the following article, I detail our successful attempt to bring “continuous integration” via Cruise Control into an existing Cobol system. Article :
Cruise Control & Cobol