Subject: CM WebClient and Matchpoint ALM May 2026 Newsletter

Dev news, updates, and insights

May 2026

In this issue...

  • Featured: IBM Bob Meets Legacy Code: What AI-First IDEs Actually Need to Succeed - CM First Group

  • Article: How to use GitHub search like a pro - freeCodeCamp

  • Watch: Google I/O 2026: The future of software development - Google I/O

  • Broadcom Support: Let Us Help You Get the Support You Need

  • Intelligence: Further reading...

Featured

IBM Bob Meets Legacy Code: What AI-First IDEs Actually Need to Succeed


IBM Bob just hit general availability, and for IBM i and mainframe shops, that's genuinely worth paying attention to.


But AI-first development environments are only as capable as the context they operate on. This month we look at what legacy codebases actually require before an agentic AI system can work on them reliably, and why discovery isn't a preliminary step, it's the foundation everything else runs on.


Read full article here →

Heads Up

How to use GitHub search like a pro


Modernizing a CA Plex application means spending a lot of time inside codebases. Tracing dependencies, reviewing pull requests, hunting down how a particular function behaves across modules.


GitHub's search capabilities are far more powerful than most developers use day-to-day, and knowing how to filter by language, file path, date, or issue label can cut hours off that process.


This freeCodeCamp walkthrough covers both the basics and the advanced qualifier syntax worth bookmarking.


Read the full article on freeCodeCamp →

Watch

Google I/O 2026: The future of software development


Google's leads for Gemini, AI Studio, and Google Antigravity took the stage at I/O 2026 to make the case that coding is evolving from writing code to curating outcomes, a future they're calling "vibe coding."


It's a compelling vision for greenfield applications. But for developers working inside structured, model-driven environments like CA Plex, the calculus is different. When your application logic is embedded in decades of carefully governed models and business rules, probabilistic code generation isn't a shortcut, it's a risk.


Worth watching to understand where the industry narrative is heading, and why the enterprise modernization path looks nothing like the demos.


Watch the session at Google I/O 2026 →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading your IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


Fill out our 2 minute form and schedule a no-committment fifteen minute conversation with CM First Group tech.

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Current CM First Group customers can access tutorials and submit support tickets at support.cmfirstgroup.com.

CM WebClient and Matchpoint ALM Latest Versions

CM WebClient 1.8.8 is now available (with nightly builds). Click here for the download and release notes.

CM Matchpoint ALM 7.0 Build 004. For details, go here.


We continuously upgrade CM WebClient and CM Matchpoint ALM customers. If you have any questions just send us a note to info@cmfirstgroup.com, or click the link below to contact an office or request a demo.


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Other CM First Releases


CM evolveIT 11.7
CM M3 2022 Edition
CA Plex 7.2.1 SP005, last supported 7.2.1 (as of January 31, 2022)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
CA 2E 8.7.3, last supported 8.7 (as of January 31, 2022)
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