CA Gen Reviews & Product Details

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Coding is simple

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

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

certificates ???? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.