Rocket® Visual COBOL® Personal Edition 

(formerly a Micro Focus® product)

Build new skills in modern COBOL development.


 

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Rocket® Visual COBOL® Personal Edition (formally a Micro Focus® product) enables you to learn COBOL using the most popular integrated development environments (IDEs) -Visual Studio®, Eclipse®, as well as Visual Studio Code.

We are dedicated to educating future generations of COBOL developers, with over 100,000 downloads of our free-to-use educational products to date!

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This product is for academic purposes only. Check out the full version to replatform, modernize, and cloud-enable your mission-critical COBOL applications with minimal code change and risk.

visual cobol personal edition

Visual Studio

Learn COBOL using Microsoft® Visual Studio®.

Get advanced COBOL editing and debugging, as well as continuous background compilation, auto complete, code analysis and code search—all integrated within Microsoft Visual Studio.

Build, debug, compile and test COBOL programs using the latest Microsoft IDE.

Combine COBOL, C#, and other .NET languages within one integrated COBOL development toolset.

Eclipse

Learn COBOL using the Eclipse IDE.

Streamline application delivery with advanced editing and debugging. It features continuous background compilation, code analysis, code search, and remote debugging.

Build, debug, compile and test COBOL programs using the latest Eclipse IDE.

Combine COBOL, Java® and other JVM-based languages within one integrated development toolset.

Build skills

Build new COBOL skills.

Whether you are new to COBOL or a veteran, our free, one-year, student developer license will help you build new skills for a rewarding career.

Build skills in COBOL without the need to buy a license.

Learn skills to maintain and modernize COBOL applications.

Are you part of a university?

COBOL is the original—and most enduring—business-first language. Rocket Software COBOL courses, programs, and free software support educators, students, and employers.

COBOL Academic Program

Latest COBOL Research Results

70%

of core business transacation processing runs on COBOL.

800B

Lines of COBOL in use today.

92%

Of leaders say COBOL apps are strategic.

Visual COBOL Personal Edition is a limited version of our industry-leading COBOL development toolset, designed for individuals who want to explore modern COBOL. It's available for free for non-commercial use.

 

If you're an educator, we recommend checking out our Academic Program. If you need Visual COBOL for commercial purposes, please contact us for a trial or to connect with our Sales team to discuss your specific requirements.