Join AI Unit Testing for COBOL Beta Program | Starts on June 1

Hi Sava,

Thanks for sharing the details on the AI Unit Testing for COBOL beta—this looks like a promising opportunity, and we’re interested in moving forward with a small pilot from the Export teams.

As we think about pulling in 1–2 developers, I had a couple of quick clarifying questions to help with planning:

• You mentioned the training is approximately 18–20 hours and starts June 1st. Do the sessions have set dates and times (live classes), or is the content largely self‑paced?
• If it’s self‑paced, is there a defined window in which participants are expected to complete the training?

This will help us ensure we line up the right developers and set expectations appropriately. Thanks in advance, and happy to coordinate further as needed.

Best regards,
Kamal

Hi Kamal, thanks for joining in on our Beta.

Whilst there is a pre-requisite of taking our public training course on the Unit Test Framework, the Beta test, whilst hopefully educational, is not ‘training’ per-se. We will provide a set of samples that attendees can work through at their own pace to enable them to evaluate both the Unit Test Framework itself, but also the AI Assistant. We have estimated that the approximate time required to complete the pre-requisites, install and configure the software, and work through the provided examples is 18-20 hours. This time can be spread over a period that suits the individual participants with no specific end date at this stage. Once people have worked through the provided samples, we would encourage people to then try it all out against their own code. Obviously the effort involved here will be relative to the number of programs involved.

I hope that helps. If you have any further questions then please ask.

Thanks

Gary