VisualAge Smalltalk Server allows you to develop a Smalltalk application on OS/2 or NT and to package the resulting application image for the IMS/ESA target environment. This section describes the process by which you can develop a Smalltalk program, test it using Micro Focus Workbench with the IMS Option as a simulation for IMS/ESA, and then package and run it under IMS/ESA, either in batch or online in a message processing region (MPR).
See Developing your IMS application on the workstation for a description of the steps needed to test your application on the workstation. When your Smalltalk application is completely tested and ready to run on IMS/ESA, follow the steps described in Deploying server applications on IMS/ESA.