22PI4 Planning

[JillieBeanSim]

Zowe Explorer VS Code extension

Improve Zowe Explorer User Experience

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

• Enable ZE and ZFTP to be used on vscode.dev
• Bug: Zowe Explorer silent refresh and quick keys not working in Che
• Investigate support for Kubernetes Secrets in Che
• [ STRETCH] Investigate support for Zowe Explorer in Codespaces

Users would like more tree view actions in Zowe Explorer to have multi-select functionality.

• Copy/Paste USS files
• Data Sets
• Hide/Delete session
• [ STRETCH] Downloading Spool files

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

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

Users would like to see less pop up notifications from Zowe Explorer to lessen the distractions that they cause in VS Code.

• Reassess the proposal table for items that are pop up notifications to notify the user in a different way, ie. a progress bar or status bar notification. Then break items down into smaller more manageable tasks.
• [STRETCH]Refactor UI/UX code to stand alone and be reusable across the Zowe Explorer codebase.

Increase Zowe Explorer stability and error handling

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

High Priority items and technical debt 

• Create all/needed .zowe subfolders, eg ~/.zowe/settings subfolder with file to be independent from Zowe CLI install.
• Support building ZE with Node 18
• Allow filtering of Jobs by status
• Bug: Issues with data sets and members that have special characters in the name.
• [STRETCH] Zowe profiles in Zowe Explorer should allow and use value of specification for --console-name to be used when issuing commands
• [STRETCH] Deletion of Job should not condense the session
• [STRETCH] Test Zowe Explorer with the latest version of Theia

Golden CII Badge

• Increase coverage of project to 90% statement coverage
• Increase coverage of project to 80% branch coverage
• 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

Users would like more tree view actions in Zowe Explorer to have multi-select functionality.

• This work has already begun, but is a large amount of work to do across all 3 tree views within Zowe Explorer.
• Plan to fully complete epic items by end of 1st quarter 2023.

Zowe Explorer Supported Environments

Users are submitting issues about Zowe Explorer not working in different environments.
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.

• Research will begin in the 4th quarter PI of 2022.
• Decisions made to continue the work will happen in the 1st quarter PI of 2023.

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

Users would like to see less pop up notifications from Zowe Explorer to lessen the distractions that they cause in VS Code.

• Plan to fully complete epic items by end of 1st quarter of 2023.

Improve logging and potential output view to better support end users

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

• We plan to start this work in the 4th quarter PI of 2022 with developer documentation in our wiki on best practices and plan to add a log setting and write the logs to a newly created Zowe Explorer Output view in addition to the log file so users don’t have to leave the VS Code space to see logging.
• Plan to fully complete epic items by end of 2nd quarter of 2023.

Enhancements to Extensibility APIs

Extenders would like more robust Extensibility APIs to adopt for their VS Code Zowe Explorer extensions.
We have a long list of requested extensibility APIs for extenders.

• Plan to fully complete epic items by end of 3rd quarter of 2023.

[JillieBeanSim]

Notes from year long roadmap

• Users are submitting issues about Zowe Explorer not working in different environments.
  First we plan to create a maintained list of supported environments. This work has already begun with our discussion, Zowe Explorer Supported Environments #1691.
  We plan to deliver this work in the 3rd quarter PI of 2022.
  Secondly, 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. Research will being in the 3rd quarter PI of 2022 and decisions made to continue the work will happen in the 1st quarter PI of 2023.
  Epic Supported Environments #1862

• Users would like more tree view actions in Zowe Explorer to have multi-select functionality.
  This work has already begun, but is a large amount of work to do across all 3 tree views within Zowe Explorer.
  Plan to fully complete epic items by end of 4th quarter of 2022.
  Epic Multi-selection support for all applicable functionalities #1286

• Users would like better Logging from Zowe Explorer to help troubleshoot issues.
  We plan to start this work in the 3rd quarter PI of 2022 with additional logging added to log files and look into adding the logs to a newly created Zowe Explorer Output view as well so users don’t have to leave the VS Code space to see logging.
  Plan to fully complete epic items by end of 1st quarter of 2023.
  Epic Improve logging and potential output view to better support end users #1024

• Users would like to see less pop up notifications from Zowe Explorer to lessen the distractions that they cause in VS Code.
  We plan to start this work in the 3rd quarter PI of 2022.
  Plan to fully complete epic items by end of 1st quarter of 2023.
  Epic Updating GUI to use other types of notifications vs all pop ups #1517

[JillieBeanSim]

Stretch items from last PI:

ZE:

• Control of member names #1849 - Priority: High
• Deferred [STRETCH]Unable to delete v1 profiles #1814 Dependency on Imperative updates
• [STRETCH]VSCode zowe extension: job delete closes Jobs list #1676

CICS:

• [Stretch] Ability to execute a CICS transaction cics-for-zowe-client#45
• [Stretch] Update the OMP Cobol Training Course course to add the VSCode CICS plugin cics-for-zowe-client#52
  • Update the course to add the VSCode CICS plugin
  • Install CICS in the zCOBOL system

Rollover items from last PI

ZE:

• ZE: create all .zowe subfolders needed (e.g. ~/.zowe/settings) #1850 - Priority: High
• Zowe CII Badge items for Zowe Explorer #1705 - Priority: High
• zowe profiles create zosmf-profile allow specification of --console-name  #1667 - Priority: Medium
• ZE silent refresh and quick keys doesn't work in Che #1807 - Priority: Medium

CICS:

• Support CICS Web Applications cics-for-zowe-client#40
  • Support for Web Application development
• Navigate from CICS region to the CEEMSG log cics-for-zowe-client#56
• Provide the ability to view Library datasets (in external to CICS view) cics-for-zowe-client#43
  • Navigation from CICS view to DATA SETS view
• Include CICS in Zowe Explorer Mono Repo #1540
  • Integrate yarn into the CICS extension

[JillieBeanSim]

set aside time for plugin/override credential manager investigation to support K8s

[JillieBeanSim]

PI4 Dates:

22PI4 - (2022/10/25 - 2023/01/23)
Planning - 2022/10/25 - 2022/10/31

Tuesday, October 25 - Opening (Day 1)
Wednesday, October 26 - Breakouts (Optional) (Day 2)
Friday, October 27 - Final Readouts (Day 3)
Sprint 1 - 2022/11/01 - 2022/11/14 (Innovation Sprint)

Internal Innovation Sprint (week 1)

October 31 - November 4
Open Source Innovation Sprint (week 2)

Tuesday, November 1 - Innovation Sprint Kickoff
Monday, November (7 - 11) - Innovation Sprint Breakouts
Tuesday, November 15 - Innovation Sprint Final Readouts
Sprint 2 - 2022/11/15 - 2022/11/28
Sprint 3 - 2022/11/29 - 2022/12/12
Sprint 4 - 2022/12/13 - 2022/12/26
Sprint 5 - 2022/12/27 - 2023/01/09
Sprint 6 - 2023/01/10 - 2022/01/23

[JillieBeanSim]

PI4 Release Dates:

1.28.2
Code Freeze 2022/11/15
RC Build 2022/11/16
Testing 2022/11/16 - 2022/11/28
GA 2022/11/28

2.5
Code Freeze 2022/11/29
RC Build 2022/11/30
System Demo 2022/12/19
Testing 2022/11/30 - 2022/12/12
GA 2022/12/12

2.6
Code Freeze 2023/01/10
RC Build 2023/01/11
System Demo 2023/01/30
Testing 2023/01/11 - 2023/01/23
GA 2023/01/23