Abstracts for Day2 workshops

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April 27, 2026

End-to-end AI Powered Developer Experience with modern tools. Bring your Laptop!

Try out the core functionalities of the premier DevX experience in VS Code for Mainframe application developers. Take a look at what your development lifecycle could look like. Use modern rich editors with GenAI agents, lightweight build engines, modern debuggers and more. No installation required, all you need is a browser.

Level up with AI Code Assistants. Bring your Laptop!

Explore a number of use cases for AI Code assistants such as GitHub Copilot, from understanding change history to impact analysis and test case generation as part of this hands-on workshop. Try out MCP tools that retrieve correct data from Mainframe to augment LLMs analysis with precise application-specific information. You will come away with query and workflow examples which are used across the industry. No installation required, all you need is a browser.‍