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Through Rocket Debug, you can:\n\n* Start or connect to an application on z/OS in debugging mode.\n* Pause at the beginning of your application to view its source code.\n* Set breakpoints to allow the application to pause at various points in its execution.\n* Step through the execution statement by statement.\n* View the chain of calling programs when execution is paused.\n* Display \u0026 update values in data variables when execution is paused.\n* Handle \u0026 display information about program exceptions \u0026 ABENDs.\n* Start multiple debug sessions to understand interactions between concurrent, cooperating applications.\n* Edit the source code, build, and debug in short iterations.\n\n![Stepping and Breakpoints](resources/RDB_stepnext_breakpoints.gif \"Stepping and Breakpoints\")\n\n## Requirements\n\nThe following are the minimum requirements for **Rocket Debug for VS Code**:\n\n* **Zowe Explorer VS Code Extension**: This extension provides the user interface and services required to authenticate \u0026 access resources (datasets and jobs) on the mainframe. Search for **Zowe Explorer** in Marketplace to find out more about this extension and install it.\n* **Connection Profile Using zosmf**: The **Zowe Explorer** must be able to connect to the mainframe using a connection profile of the type **zosmf**. This implies a z/OSMF server must be running on the mainframe and accepting REST API requests.\n* A valid user ID and credential for accessing mainframe resources \u0026 services using **Zowe Explorer** in VS Code.\n* **IBM Z Open Editor**: This extension provides language-sensitive highlighting \u0026 formatting for COBOL files.\n* **Rocket Debug REST Services** must be installed \u0026 operational on either z/OS or Windows. See _**Rocket Debug REST API Installation Guide**_ for instructions on installing \u0026 deploying the **Rocket Debug REST Services**.\n* **Rocket Debug for z/OS 1.0.0** or a higher version must be installed in the z/OS system. See _**Rocket Debug for z/OS Installation Guide**_ for information on installing Rocket Debug for z/OS.\n* The latest monthly cumulative service for **Rocket Debug for z/OS** must be applied.\n\n## Extension Settings\n\nThere are no VS Code settings specific to **Rocket Debug for VS Code** in its current release.\n\n## Known Issues\n\nBe one of the first users to find a non-trivial issue and report to Rocket Debug's support team. All types of issues are welcome, from outright internal errors to future enhancement ideas. All suggestions are considered as proprietary to Rocket Software and will be acknowledged, with permission, in future release notes when adopted.\n\n## Release Notes\n\n### 0.6.0\n\n* To be determined\n\n### 0.5.0\n\nInitial release of **Rocket Debug for VS Code**, also known as **Rocket Debug for VS Code MVP**. 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