natclipse lite allows Natural developers to top into the powerful platform that is Eclipse. Backed by IBM, this open source framework is the industry standard for large enterprise development in Java. It is also known for its adaptability - most languages can also be used in Eclipse: Python, Ruby, PHP, C/C++, and so on. Eclipse is built by developers for developers, and simplifies every day activities whenever possible.

Eclipse + Natural = unified teams

Eclipse is part of every IT professional's education. Its industry wide adoption means that knowing the platform is seen as a prerequisite. New developers and team members from other disciplines in an organization are all familiar with it. The invisible line often found between mainframe and web development teams becomes blurred. natclipse lite makes it easy for those new to Natural to learn the language and environment to start immediately. They will only have to pick up the Natural language syntax to become productive and effective quickly.

The solution to the staffing problem

Most organizations that use Natural are faced with a staffing problem in the next 3 - 10 years. Proactively approach the challenge by getting your current team to maintain your Natural applications! And they will enjoy it with the strong Eclipse platform to support them.

Features

No Software! Plug natclipse lite straight into your existing Natural host system - be that Mainframe, Windows, or Unix - and get started! Nothing else required, no EntireX, no Natural Development Server. Just use what you've already got.

Wonderful Editing Use your favorite operating system to start developing Natural code, without having to change your existing runtime environment (Mainframe or Open Systems). Useful additions like error markers show you (and remembers!) syntax errors, you can mark code for tasks you need to complete later, syntax highlighting, and so on.

Work Directly on Natural Host natclipse lite works directly on the Natural Host. The Target View on the left is a window into how your libraries and objects are arranged on the Natural system. This makes it easy to find your way around as it is exactly what you're used to. Working directly with the Target View allows developers to adapt quickly to the Eclipse environment without having to learn many of the details of working with a workstation based development environment.

Built-in Cross Referencing Even natclipse lite packs in cross referencing. Immediately view what dependencies your code has from the Dependency View that updates with the editor.

Outline for Code Long pieces of code to maintain? No worries! natclipse lite shows an always updated outline of the code you're currently editing. Have quick access to variable defnitions, subroutines, includes, and so on.

Point-and-click Map Editing Use the convenient point-and-click interface to manipulate your Natural maps. That's how it was always supposed to be like!

Quick Overview With the Call Sequence View thousands of lines of code get condensed to just the important steps. This is especially useful for people maintaining old code or code they haven't written themselves. Save time, money, and let the computer do the crunching for you.