COBOL Programming Using the .NET Framework [Paperback]

Ronald D. Reeves (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 2002

More enterprise code is written in COBOL than any other language. Now that COBOL is being integrated into Microsoft's .NET platform and Visual Studio.NET toolset, businesses and developers have a powerful migration path for bringing their COBOL software into the Web-enabled future. This book gives COBOL developers comprehensive guidance for writing COBOL.NET code -- and migrating existing COBOL code to the .NET platform. Long-time Windows programming expert Dr. Ronald Reeves begins with an overview of the .NET framework and Visual Studio.NET development environment written specifically for COBOL programmers. He introduces .NET's foundations for interoperability, including the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) and .NET's extensive use of metadata. Reeves shows COBOL developers how to integrate their software with powerful Windows client interfaces using WinForms, and how to build next-generation Web applications using ASP.NET and WebForms. You'll walk step-by-step through building a COBOL based .NET Web service; providing interoperability between legacy "unmanaged" code and .NET managed code; and utilizing advanced .NET capabilities. The book includes a full chapter on COBOL.N ET application design and deployment; and extensive coverage on migrating legacy systems. An accompanying CD-ROM contains all source code, plus additional example programs.

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From the Back Cover

COBOL and .NET: application migration, design, implementation, and deployment.

• COBOL for .NET: design, coding, and deployment
• Migrating legacy COBOL code to Web environments using
• Fujitsu(r) COBOL for .NET
• Developing COBOL applications with Visual Studio.NET
• Maximizing application efficiency and performance

Now that COBOL is being integrated into Microsoft's .NET platform and Visual Studio.NET toolset, developers have a powerful way to bring their COBOL expertise into the Web-enabled future. In this book, long-time Windows programming expert Dr. Ronald Reeves gives developers comprehensive guidance for writing new COBOL code for .NET environments, and migrating existing COBOL code to the .NET platform. Reeves begins by introducing the .NET framework and Visual Studio.NET development environment from the COBOL programmer's standpoint. Next, he covers every key aspect of COBOL development for .NET, including:

• Providing interoperability between legacy "unmanaged" code and .NET managed code
• Building next-generation Web services and applications using ASP.NET and WebForms
• Leveraging SOAP and the Web Services Description Language (SOAP)
• WinForms: Integrating COBOL software with powerful Windows client user interfaces
• Building COBOL-based database applications with ADO.NET
• Object-oriented COBOL programming using .NET extensions
• Designing COBOL.NET applications for maximum efficiency and performance

About the Author

RONALD D. REEVES, PH.D., is President of Computer Engineering, Inc., a leading consulting and training company based in Howell, MI. He is author of C++/C# Programmer's Guide for Windows 2000 and co-author of Win32 System Services: The Heart of Windows 98 and Windows 2000, Third Edition (both from Prentice Hall PTR).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (March 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130668435
• ISBN-13: 978-0130668431
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,508,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars really for the absent minded, April 1, 2002

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Paulo Antonio Duarte Vieira (Lisboa, Lisboa Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: COBOL Programming Using the .NET Framework (Paperback)

Unless one is from another planet, or hasn't been reading about COBOL for a few years, there is hardly anything new in this book. All the COBOL specific material can be found FREELY at Fujitsu's website or in the Help System for the COBOL for .NET release candidate. The non COBOL stuff is either trivial (Object Model) or out of context (Windows 2000 API).
In a word, I was expecting new material and bought a compilation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad, Don't Purchase, December 6, 2002

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Bill Liggett (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: COBOL Programming Using the .NET Framework (Paperback)

This book provides no value over Fujitsu NetCOBOL. Author uses same examples. Worse, Author provides no additional usefull information.

Chapter 8 covers Win 2000. This is a total waste since MS .Net uses CLR which runs on 98, ME, NT, 2000, & XP. My interpretation is that Author need some additional pages.

Bottom Line: Don't purchase this book. I did & wasted [money].