VisualAge TeamConnection

IBM's VisualAge TeamConnection is a Software Configuration Management (SCM) client and server product.

Server functionality was only available for OS/2 but client support was also available for Microsoft Windows NT, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX.

Version 3 offered a web interface that allowed a degree of platform neutrality. The product was quite novel when it was first introduced, while it had support for legacy code from systems and languages such as COBOL, PL/I and IBM IMS. It was built around an object-oriented paradigm that mated extremely well with languages such as Smalltalk, C++ and Java.

History
In 1997, TeamConnection became part of the VisualAge family of IBM's Application Development products. It was available for OS/2, Windows NT, HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX.

Features

 * Asset Locator: a portal to search for enterprise assets and improve component reuse and impact analysis throughout the development lifecycle.
 * Response times on TeamConnection actions, including part views and queries, have been significantly improved.
 * Extended integration with Lotus Notes to the Internet. Using a Web browser, you can create, update, and share requirements documents, design documents, and test case in support of applications developed under the control of TeamConnection.
 * Support of XML provides delivery of application metadata on demand.
 * Integration with Tivoli software distribution
 * TCMerge is an improved graphical merge facility for reconciling parallel modifications to source code.
 * More extensive platform support for support client, server and build facilities on Sun Solaris and build services on MVS/Open Edition (MVS/OE).
 * IBM's DB2 Universal Database (UDB) Version 5 ships with VisualAge TeamConnection and provides its underlying repository for enhanced scalability and performance.
 * Support of SCC API seamless integration with other development environments, such as Microsoft's Visual Basic and Visual C++ or Sybase's Powerbuilder.
 * Inclusion of DataDictionary in TeamConnection allows users to leverage and extend legacy assets from PL/I, COBOL and IMS

Versions

 * Version 2.0
 * Fixpak 9


 * Version 3
 * Fixpak 3.0.1
 * Fixpak 3.0.2
 * VisualAge TeamConnection Enterprise Server 3.06

Prerequisites (Server): Prerequisites (Client):
 * IBM OS/2 Warp 4 or higher, 256 MB of memory
 * IBM OS/2 Warp 4.0, 64 MB of memory
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 or higher, 64 MB of memory
 * IBM AIX 4.2.1 or higher, 256 MB of memory
 * HP-UX 10.20 or higher, 256 MB of memory
 * SunSoft Solaris 2.5.1 or higher, 256 MB of memory

Publications

 * VisualAge TeamConnection Enterprise Server - Keeping Your Build Process on a Short Leash - IBM Redbook SG245260 - 1998

Links

 * A copy of the old IBM VA TeamConnection homepage - From Archive.org
 * Lee R. Perlov: Object Management with TeamConnection for OS/2: More Than a Source Code Library