COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer

ISBN: 1590590481
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 204

Authors: Chris L. Richardson

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Table of Contents
BackCover
COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET - A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer
Foreword
Why Has COBOL Endured?
Change Is Natural
The Y2K Noncrisis
COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
About the Foreword Writer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
My Reasons for Going to the PDC Event
What This Book Covers
What This Book Does Not Cover
Supplemental References
Technical Requirements
About the Source Code
Who This Book Is For
Part I: The Mainframe Paradigm Shift
Chapter 1: Your Future with COBOL
Why Software Vendors Care About Mainframe COBOL
Creating a New Standard for Mainframe COBOL
Mainframe COBOL: How Will It Look?
Your Reformation Has Begun
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 2: What Is .NET?
Putting the .NET Question into Perspective
Programming Essentials with a .NET Language
Accessing Data the .NET Way
Interfacing with the User Using .NET
Understanding Advanced .NET Technologies
Marketing and Planning for .NET
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 3: .NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 1
Presenting a Historical View to Understand Our Future
Take a Reality Check
Building Blocks for Your .NET Training
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 4: .NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 2
Object-Oriented Programming
Hypertext Markup Language
Client-Side Scripting Languages
Extensible Markup Language
Summary
To Learn More
Part II: .NET Programming Essentials
Chapter 5: Inside the .NET Integrated Development Environment
Integrated Development Environments
Choosing Your .NET Language
Developing Your First .NET Programs
Summary
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Chapter 6: The Nuts and Bolts of .NET Programming
Taking a New Look at Old Programming Syntax
Examining Microsoft Intermediate Language
Summary
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Chapter 7: The .NET Framework
Dicing the .NET Framework
(Re)using the .NET Framework
Summary
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Chapter 8: The .NET Common Language Runtime
Understanding the Common Language Runtime
The Garbage Collector
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 9: Creating and Using Objects
The Origin of the Object
Finally, Value versus Reference Objects
Object Visibility and Availability
Summary
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Part III: Reading, Writing, and Describing Data
Chapter 10: A New Perspective Toward Data
A Basic View of Data: Files
An Extended View of Data: Data Repositories
A Meta View of Data: Metadata
Summary
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Chapter 11: Database Programming with .NET
SQL Server 2000: A .NET Enterprise Server
Database Programming with .NET
Summary
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Chapter 12: XML in a Managed Environment
XML and the .NET Dataset
An XML Namespace: System.Xml
The Other XML Namespaces
Summary
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Part IV: Interfacing and Interacting with the User
Chapter 13: Windows Forms, Web Forms, and No Forms
Developing with the User in Mind
Windows Development on .NET
ASP.NET Web Development
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 14: Adding Value to Your Interface
Making Your Windows Applications Informative
Making Your ASP.NET Applications Interactive
Adding Value with XML Web Services
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 15: Managing Cache and State for ASP.NET
Legacy CICS State Management
Preparation for Cache and State
Save Your Cache
State for the Stateless Protocol
Other Types of State Management
User Interface for the Sample Applications
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 16: Reporting and Information Delivery
Using Crystal Reports for VS .NET
Electronic Report Delivery
Summary
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Chapter 17: Deploying Your .NET Application
Deployment Considerations
Automate with Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0
The Manual Approach: XCOPY or Copy
Summary
To Learn More
Part V: Advanced .NET Technologies
Chapter 18: Configuration for .NET Applications
Configuration with Directives
Configuration with Custom Attributes
Configuration with XML-Based Files
Configuration with Configuration Namespaces
Configuring for Code Access Security
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 19: Using Enterprise Services (COM)
What Is COM?
Creating a Serviced Component
Introducing Your Serviced Component to COM
Using Your Serviced Component
Summary
To Learn More
Chapter 20: Developing for the Enterprise
Distributed, Asynchronous, and Concurrent Application Models
Revisiting Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
Asynchronous Processing
.NET Remoting
Introducing Multithreading
Summary
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Part VI: Appendixes
Appendix A: Debugging and Testing
Debugging
Testing
Summary
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Appendix B: A Sharp Primer: C and J
Introducing Visual C .NET
Introducing Visual J .NET
Summary
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Appendix C: Religion, Landmines, and Distractions
Distractions: Been There, Done That
Summary
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Appendix D: Fujitsu s NetCOBOL for .NET
Product Features
Product Documentation
Summary
To Learn More
Index
Index_A
Index_B
Index_C
Index_D
Index_E
Index_F
Index_G
Index_H
Index_I
Index_J
Index_K
Index_L
Index_M
Index_N
Index_O
Index_P
Index_Q
Index_R
Index_S
Index_T
Index_U
Index_V
Index_W
Index_X
Index_Z
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings
List of Sidebars