23PI1 Planning

[JillieBeanSim]

Draft Plan for 23PI1, Kickoff is 1/9/23

Zowe Explorer VS Code extension

Improve Zowe Explorer User Experience

Users would like to see Zowe Explorer supported in multiple different environments.

• Add support for Kubernetes Secrets in Che
• [ STRETCH] Investigate support for Zowe Explorer in Codespaces
• [Deferred] Enable ZE and ZFTP to be used on vscode.dev

Users would like better Logging from Zowe Explorer to help troubleshoot issues.

• Bug: Issue with log file path when using VSC Dev Host
• Zowe Explorer User Setting for log level.
• Zowe Explorer Output View logging
• [STRETCH] Create a set of Rules for developers for use of different levels and how to handle customer information in the logs.

Increase Zowe Explorer stability and error handling

• Allow users to easily open team config to address errors from readFromDisk() [COMPLETED]
• Minimize the activate() function to have less chance of failure
• [STRETCH] Loading project in theia/che environment config not recognized until reload

High Priority items and technical debt 

• Can’t connect nor addSession onZowe #2019
• Can't connect to mainframe in Theia #2095
• Error not displayed in popup message for saving data #2099
• Open solution for default file allocations settings #1425
• Edge case regarding standardization of settings #1520
• Add a security scanning tool to the build pipeline (e.g. CodeQL) #1256
• Data corruption happens during update or modification operation #1948
• JOBS section refresh & multiple tabs  #1952
• Update eslint rules for errors #2068
• Clean-up rediscovered code smells/duplication warnings #2063
• Integration tests improvements #2103
• Zowe profiles in Zowe Explorer should allow and use value of specification for --console-name to be used when issuing commands

Golden CII Badge

• Bring up test coverage for project to 90% #1946
• Increase coverage of project to 80% branch coverage #1965
• Make sure internal and external documentation meet the CII Badge standard.

Helpful links for CII Badge criteria:

Passing: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en/criteria/0
Silver: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en/criteria/1
Gold: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en/criteria/2

CICS VS Code extension

• Support for Web Application development
• Navigate from CICS region to the CEEMSG log
• Navigation from CICS view to DATA SETS view
• [STRETCH] Integrate yarn into the CICS extension
• [STRETCH] Ability to execute a CICS trasaction
• [STRETCH] Update the OMP Cobol Training course to add the VS Code CICS plugin
  • Update the course to add the VSCode CICS plugin
  • Install CICS in the zCOBOL system

Roadmap

Multi-selection support for all applicable functionalities

COMPLETED

• What problem are you solving?
  • Users would like more tree view actions in Zowe Explorer to have multi-select functionality.
• *What are you doing to solve it?
  • Bringing in more multi-select capabilities for Zowe Explorer tree views.
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • 22Q3
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • 23Q1

Zowe Explorer Supported Environments

• What problem are you solving?
  • Users are submitting issues about Zowe Explorer not working in different environments.
• *What are you doing to solve it?
  • We plan to consider other environments requested by users, this will require research and depending on the research we will decide if support is feasible.
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • 22Q4
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • 23Q1

Updating GUI to use other types of notifications vs all pop ups

• What problem are you solving?
  • Users would like to see less pop up notifications from Zowe Explorer to lessen the distractions that they cause in VS Code.
• *What are you doing to solve it?
  • Assess the types of notifications in place and decide how to proceed.
  • Implement the decided plan of action.
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • 22Q3
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • 23Q2

Improve logging and potential output view to better support end users

• What problem are you solving?
  • Users would like better Logging from Zowe Explorer to help troubleshoot issues.
• *What are you doing to solve it?
  • We plan to creat a VS Code setting for log level
  • Using the setting we plan to output the appropriate logs to a VS Code Output view.
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • 22Q4
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • 23Q2

Enhancements to Extensibility APIs

• What problem are you solving?
  • Extenders would like more robust Extensibility APIs to adopt for their VS Code Zowe Explorer extensions.
• What are you doing to solve it?
  • We will assess the long list of requested extensibility APIs for extenders and decide on which to complete and the precedence of them.
  • Implement the decided list of extensibility APIs in the order of precedence.
• When do you plan to start the work?
  • 23Q2
• When do you plan to deliver the solution?
  • 23Q3

[JillieBeanSim]

sorry @t1m0thyj I pinned it back

[JillieBeanSim]

closing this as complete as items are either completed or rolled over to 23PI2