Using Workbench Development Tools: Micro Focus Plus Third-Party COBOL Add-Ons and Accessories (Wiley Professional Computing)

Using Workbench Development Tools Written by two internationally known columnists and authors of 10 bestselling technical books, this guide is the only available book on the Workbench add-on software. Endorsed by Micro Focus, the book provides an overview of product information on a variety of Workbench accessories from Micro Focus and third parties, including client/server options, Object COBOL, XDB, Database Manager, IMS Option, CICS Option, LAN-based development architecture, COBOL analysis tools, and others. You’; ll get helpful advice on how to choose the most appropriate product/tool for your applications as well as examples and implementation information for each product. Using Workbench Development Tools also:

• Shows you how to design and develop a PC Workbench
• Covers XDB and Database Manager to develop DB2 applications
• Covers IMS Option used to develop IMS DB/DC applications
• Helps you understand the Micro Focus client/server toolset
• Tells you how to choose a PC development toolset
• Explains the Micro Focus Object COBOL initiative
• Describes how to automate the life cycle/project functions
• Presents concepts and products for COBOL application analysis
• Discusses various PC-data file editors

This book will prove to be valuable to COBOL software developers in corporate computing, especially those developing mainframe software on the desktop.

JONATHAN S. SAYLES is Director of Education Services for The Systems Group, Inc. He is the author of 75 courses on relational database, CASE, Object Technology, and Micro Focus Workbench, and has published nine computer books. PETER MOLCHAN is an instructor and courseware developer at The Systems Group, Inc. He specializes in Workbench technologies and writes a column in Data Management Review. He is the coauthor of Micro Focus COBOL Workbench.