MVS Help
A resource site for mainframe programmers including manuals and reference guides for COBOL, Assembler, JCL, CICS, TSO, DB2, IMS, IBM Utilities, and ISPF.
PERCobol whips Cobol into shape for budget-minded enterprises
James R. Borck for InfoWorld. LEGACYJ'S PERCOBOL 2.5 is a low-cost tool that's best suited for companies with small and midsize conversion projects. If you're looking to reinvigorate portions of your Cobol resources without imposing a high price tag, PERCobol could be the answer.
Standard Object-Oriented Cobol
Book by Ned Chapin. Covers the new syntax in COBOL-97 and stresses the design that must be done before a COBOL program is written. The text builds on software engineering principles and practices combined with object-oriented technology to enable effective use of this latest form of COBOL.
Successful COBOL Upgrades: Highlights and Programming Techniques
Book by Young Chae and Steven Rogers. Offers a concise primer on how newer versions of COBOL differ from older ones still in circulation, outlines programming techniques for new features, and highlights advantages, obstacles, and surprises programmers may find along the way.
Turning COBOL Code Into Gold
Dana Gardner for InfoWorld. Vivek Wadhwa, founder and CEO of Relativity Software, sees gold in the trillions of lines of legacy COBOL code that exist in many older enterprise systems. The gold is not just in the form of profits for his company, but in the ability for companies to reuse that code, and extract an extended return on as many as 20 years of costly investment.
Year 2000 in a Nutshell
Book by Norman Shakespeare. Addresses the Year 2000 computer dilemma, providing a compact compendium of solutions and reference information useful for addressing the problem. Includes a comprehensive COBOL quick reference, plus reference for date-related functions.
COBOL Programmers, Face It: Your Favorite Code Is Outdated and Losing Support
James R. Borck for InfoWorld. In the nearly five years I have been writing for InfoWorld, never has an article of mine generated such incredible response. (January 8, 2001)
Forever COBOL
Lauren Gibbons Paul for Datamation. Companies are using a variety of tools and techniques to maintain and modernize their legacy applications. (June 1, 1999)
Host-to-Browser Connectivity
InfoWorld product comparison. With browsers available on every major platform, the time may be right to make your host-based COBOL applications more widely accessible. Which product best lets you do this with the least amount of effort, cost, and disruption for users? (January 12, 1998)
About Legacy Coding
Free e-publication for IT professionals focusing on IT management and integration of enterprise/legacy systems with an emphasis on COBOL. In-depth coverage of the legacy market with articles on: how to manage and modernize legacy systems; choosing a vendor; managing staff; and featured companies and CIO's who are leaders and innovators in their commitment to legacy systems.
Object-Z Systems
Home of CobolReport.com, CobolUniversity.com, Object-Z publishing, cobol standards, object-oriented cobol, articles, reviews, tools, online chat, cobol books, code, links, samples, and programming.
Advanced COBOL for Structured and Object-Oriented Programming
Book by Gary DeWard Brown. A timely, pre-millennial update to the classic COBOL resource. This classic reference has been updated to address the current realities of life as a COBOL programmer, focusing on client/server applications and featuring a hands-on tutorial on implementing object-oriented COBOL.
Application transformation
James R. Borck for InfoWorld. The push for businesses to compete at Internet speed has only just begun. Unfortunately for many companies, tapping in to the efficiencies of e-business also means unlocking a wealth of business logic and data trapped in the legacy systems that form the foundation of their corporate infrastructures.
COBOL Book
Working COBOL-2 programs from simple logic to three level control break and batch file update/match/merge. Validating data, Table handling, SEARCH, Indexing, VSAM KSDS, variable format files. Includes diskette containing all programs, data files and JCL.
The COBOL Center Bookstore
Learning resources for COBOL and COBOL programming.
COBOL Developer News
A newsletter for the COBOL development community from Fujitsu Software Corporation. The newsletter covers topical issues such as late-breaking COBOL news, new products, hints and tips, and user success stories.
Cobol for OS/390 Power Programming
by David Shelby Kirk at MVS Training site.
COBOL Gold Mine
COBOL is dead, Long Live COBOL! An international site where technical staff and management can discover and learn about the possibilities of the new COBOL/OO COBOL. Free International discussion forum.
COBOL Language
This document provides the X/Open definition of the COBOL Language which is that set of COBOL Language facilities that programmers should follow when using COBOL compilers on conformant systems. The X/Open definition is based on the ISO 1989:1985 Programming Languages - COBOL standard but contains none of the optional modules of standard COBOL.
COBOL Portal: COBOL Books
The one-stop shop for COBOL related news, programming tips, resources and everything COBOL.
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