Java for Cobol Programmers - Softcover

John C. Byrne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886801843 ISBN 13: 9781886801844

Publisher: Charles River Media, 2000

Synopsis

As the Year 2000 approaches, and COBOL programmers complete their Y2K projects, they will need to transfer their skills to new assignments and languages. JAVA is the newest language and is currently a 'must-have' skill. Unfortunately, most JAVA books are coming from a C or C++ perspective which doesn't work for COBOL programmers. COBOL examples are used throughout to explain object-oriented concepts(the foundation of JAVA & C++), and JAVA's syntax. Step-by-step procedures are used to walk the user through the process of converting COBOL's procedural and structured programming concepts into object-oriented ones.

FEATURES

* Examples are geared to the business and high-tech experience of COBOL programmers

* Uses coding techniques familiar to COBOL programmers when presenting Java concepts

* Takes the COBOL Viewpoint throughout (e.g. defines a Class and how it is similar to a COBOL subroutine, etc.)

* Covers new features in the Java 2 SDK that are important to business solution programmers

* Introductory chapter to XML

* CD includes JDK 2.0 and 'COBOL to JAVA' conversion tools

About this title

From the Publisher

KEY FEATURES:

* Uses coding techniques familiar to COBOL programmers when presenting Java concepts

* Takes the COBOL viewpoing throughout (e.g. defines a Class and how it is similar to a COBOL subroutine.)

* Shows step-by-step exammmples using Sun's Java2 SDK and Microsoft J++ Development Environments

* Introduces XML concepts from the COBOL Perspective

ON THE CD The companion CD includes Sun's Java2 SDK, and Microsoft Visual J++ Project Defintion Files. Aslo contains various COBOL to Java Conversion tool demonstration versions. Including: PERCOBOL from LegacyJ, RescueWare from Relativity Technologies, and CORECT from ACM, Ltd. Information and files from the IBM San Francisco Project, XML Document Definitions and Samples, and all the code and exercised from tthe book can also be found on the accompanying CD.

About the Author

John C Byrne is the V.P. of Technology and primary system architect for Computron Software Inc., a high-end enterprise software vendor in New Jersey. He has over 20 years experience in the software industry and his expertise embraces both legacy technology and client/server environments. He has published previously in Unix Review.

Edition details

• Publisher: Charles River Media
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1886801843
• ISBN 13: 9781886801844
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 452