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Application Modernization
10 Mainframe Modernization Tools to Know in 2025
Swimm Team 10 min read

What Are Mainframe Modernization Tools?  Mainframe modernization tools are software solutions that help organizations…

Microservices
Top 36 Microservices Tools for 2025
Swimm Team 17 min read

What Are Microservices Tools? Microservices tools enable the development, deployment, and management of microservices…

Application Modernization
Mainframes in Banking: Importance and Modernization Challenges
Swimm Team 8 min read

How Are Mainframes Used in Banking?  Mainframes are computing systems central to the banking…

Legacy Code
3 Quick COBOL Tutorials: From Basic to Advanced
Swimm Team 12 min read

What Is COBOL?  COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language and has been a…

Developer Experience
Platform Engineering: Use Cases, Challenges, and Best Practices
Swimm Team 9 min read

What Is Platform Engineering?  Platform engineering is a discipline focused on creating and managing…

Software Development
Top 10 Code Review Tools in 2024
Swimm Team 14 min read

What Are Code Review Tools?  Code review tools are software systems that help developers…

Software Development
10 Code Analysis Tools: Paid + Open Source
Swimm Team 11 min read

What Are Code Analysis Tools?  Code analysis tools help identify bugs, security vulnerabilities, and…

Software Development
What Is a Code Search Engine and 7 Tools to Know in 2024
Swimm Team 10 min read

What Is a Code Search Engine?  A code search engine is a tool that…

Developer Experience
10 Tools to Boost Developer Experience in 2024
Swimm Team 12 min read

What Are Developer Experience Tools?  Developer experience tools simplify the processes that developers engage…

Code documentation
Markdown Editors: Key Features and 8 Tools to Know in 2024
Swimm Team 11 min read

What Are Markdown Editors?  Markdown editors are tools built for writing in markdown, a…

Legacy Code
COBOL for Mainframes and the Future of Mainframe Applications 
Swimm Team 7 min read

What Is COBOL?  COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) is an old but reliable programming language…

Legacy Code
COBOL Programing: The Basics and a Quick Tutorial
Swimm Team 9 min read

What Is COBOL Programming Language?  COBOL, which stands for Common Business-Oriented Language, is one…

Legacy Code
9 COBOL Data Types, Special Data Types, and Modifiers
Swimm Team 10 min read

What Is COBOL?  COBOL, or Common Business-Oriented Language, is a high-level programming language for…

Developer Experience
The 5 SPACE metrics and how to use them in your organization
Swimm Team 8 min read

What are SPACE metrics?  SPACE metrics are a set of measures designed to evaluate…

Application Modernization
7 Approaches to Mainframe Modernization
Swimm Team 9 min read

What Is mainframe modernization?  Mainframe modernization refers to the process of updating and upgrading…

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