Intermediate Level Users.
Includes CD-ROM.
Java is a 'must-have' skill but unfortunately, most Java books come from a C or C++ perspective which doesn't work for COBOL programmers. In this book, COBOL examples are used throughout to explain object-oriented concepts (the foundation of Java and C++), and Java's syntax. Step-by-step procedures are used to walk you through the process of converting COBOL's procedural and structured programming concepts into object-oriented ones.
Features of the book:
- 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; for example, it defines a Class and how it is similar to a COBOL subroutine
- Shows step-by-step examples using Sun's Java2 SDK and Microsoft J++ Development Environments
- Covers new features in the Java 2 SDK that are important to business solution programmers
- Introduces XML concepts from the COBOL Perspective
- CD-ROM with Sun's Java2 SDK; Microsoft Visual J++ Project Definition Files; various COBOL to Java Conversion tool demonstration versions; PERCOBOL from LegacyJ; RescueWare from Relativity Technologies; CORECT from ACM Ltd; information and files from the IBM San Francisco Project; XML Document Definitions and Samples; and all the code and exercises from the book
