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Gintaras S.

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/16/2021

"Many years, many releases and many success stories."

5/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

Speed of prototyping that actually goes to production. Availability to generate the code for multiple platforms (Windows/AIX/Linux/..) and different DB (Oracle/IBM DB2/ MS SQL/...). Also, the support is quite fast if you provide a sample model where the error can be reproduced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

GUI is still Windows Forms.There are some tries to improve it but it is not there yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CA Gen:

If you have many clients with different OS, DB and hardware, the CA Gen is the right product for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CA Gen solving and how is that benefiting you?

In Fintech we are using CA Gen for Core Banking System. We have many customers with different hardware and software and we are able to deliver the same product to each of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Spyros B.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/27/2020

"Create and Implement Banking programs for my company through CA Gen."

3.5/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

I like that it auto compiles in Java, C and SQL. Also i like that its easy to create the front-end and back-end of the program. It has good UI that guide you through everything and its easy to create the connection with databases to implement new tables etc.I code banking systems with CA Gen. Its easy to create the front end of the program. It has good UI that guide you through everything and its easy to create the connection with databases to implement new tables etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

That some times it can crash depending of how heavy the work you do is. After a long time that i use this program i can see that the only problem i found is the one with the crashes. I learned that i need to save my work every little while just to be sure that everything is gonna be fine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CA Gen:

Its a good program that makes you complete the work depending of the project you work. It has some bugs but all the programs have those. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CA Gen solving and how is that benefiting you?

I code banking systems with CA Gen. Its easy to create the front end of the program. It has good UI that guide you through everything and its easy to create the connection with databases to implement new tables etc.I like that it auto compiles in Java, C and SQL and it helps us to have easy and fast debugging system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ravi K.

Agile Coach

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/25/2021

"Easy and developer friendly but difficult to master"

4/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

1.Developers need not to write syntax or code and instead we can use from functions available. 2. No time required to fix on compilation errors. 3. Easy to make screen changes and view it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

1. Once we change code deployment, build is tedious job. 2. Not many experts available to support 3. Plug in to connect with external API gateways needs more details on how to use and with real examples in forums. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CA Gen solving and how is that benefiting you?

1.Building new screens based on product changes 2. Addition of new features to existing CA Gen screens to handle new requirements from customers .

Main benefits realized:

1. Addition of new options in dropdown or functions to trigger once we click on button is easy to do 2. Easy to segregate functions based on when its triggered. 3. Handling of error messages and display is nice to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brajesh K.

Project Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/5/2021

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"CA GEN Developer Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

Its crisp, secured, data driven, easy to code, easy to maintain skill. All the complexity is left to the compiler and not to the coder. In new age skills, Cloude, DevOps, Low Code/No Code etc are being talked about but in reality this all have been achieved in past with Mainframe + CA GEN based development, with some variations. Mainframe itself can be considered as cloud based solution where we pay as per use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

Dont see any downside of CA GEN apart from software licencing cost. Organisations are moving from CA GEN to other open source technologies mainly for cost savings. Another drawback is to generate standalone systems code which need to deploy on each client system using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CA Gen solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been using CAGEN since last 2 decades. What I like most is to write complex batch programs in a much simpler way. Its moduler way of coding works like micro-services based architecture. Huge data processing can be done in a much simpler way as all the complexity, including database structure, is hidden from developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kunal K.

Project Lead

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/24/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"CA Gen is excellent & robust product which provides high scalability & stability."

4.5/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

CA Gen IDE studio is excellent tool for development which allows to write programs more effectively and error free.

CA gen support object oriented programing and reusability of programs. It allows to generate the program in multiple programming language e.g. Java, C, Cobol etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

It would be really useful if debugging feature can be integrated into CAgen studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/2/2021

"CA-GEN"

4/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

the product's ability to generate code for multiple operating systems, using multiple languages (COBOL, C++ and Java) and using multiple databases (DB2, Oracle primarily) from a single platform and coding language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

The product has few users remaining in the United States and therefore it is hard to find talent who is experienced in the product. Also, CA support of the product has been luke-warm since they purchased it from Sterling Software (who purchased it from Texas Instruments , the original developer of the product under the name IEF). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CA Gen solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefits are improved productivity. It is faster to code an application in CA-GEN than in a traditional language such as COBOL, C++ or even Java. Plus, the flexibility to move the code between operating systems, languages and database without a loss of functionality or accuracy of the code is a huge benefit for organizations with multiple platforms and databases.

The major problem solved by the software is the communications between different programmer teams using separate languages and databases. With CA-GEN you have one team writing the entire application then porting specific parts of the application to different environments. This seamless development process reduces staff costs and improvs both the efficiency and speed of application development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dr Mohammed K.

Information Technology Consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/17/2021

"working with CA Gen products for 18 years"

2.5/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

Coding is simple

integration with other projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

support is not good

tools are the same for a long time .. ith same bugs especially block mode

capabilities are very boor

no fast spread out

small no. of opportunities to developers = bad career especially in the middle east

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Verified User in Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/20/2021

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"CA GEN"

3.5/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

OS, Database Platforms & specific computer language independence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

Toolset Look & Feel, it must modernize it's toolset appearance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CA Gen solving and how is that benefiting you?

Client, Server & Batch problems. Central control of your code in repository is a plus on code maintenance. Abstract way writing pseudo-code helps new developers to write from day 1 programs without having to concern about each programming language's specific features. Extremely Easy to produce code ready to run in different Operating Systems, different Databases and programming languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/12/2021

"CA Gen is a great data modeling tool having its own model development structure."

4/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

CA Gen can create end to end applications including client server architecture as well as only client side or server side applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

Dependency on target environments like Mainframe OS or Java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/25/2020

"CA gen is versatile case tool with lot of capabilities"

4/5

What do you like best about CA Gen?

Easy & quick development of complex programs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CA Gen?

Frequent upgrades which requires organizations to stop business work & focus on upgrading app to newer version of ca gen Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.