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COBOL & Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer
COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET is a comprehensive guide to help mainframe programmers successfully complete a .NET retraining effort. This book is intended for the COBOL/CICS mainframe community of programmers making the transition from the mainframe to .NET, and also for those who simply wish to broaden their .NET knowledge base.
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with a complete set of .NET retraining prerequisites and a full chapter answering the question "What is .NET?" Richardson skillfully takes you through such essential topics as the .NET Framework, database access, Windows, the Web, and web services. Additional topics include printing with Crystal Reports, using XML and HTML, .NET configuration, and security for Web services.
Richardson also includes information to help the mainframe programmer with infrastructure setup issues, often faced when deploying modules using Internet Information Server and COM+. He provides you with the tools to learn both COBOL.NET and Visual Basic .NET, illustrated by extensive code samples in the book.
Drawing upon many legacy mainframe analogies, Richardson's conversational writing style makes this book both informative and an enjoyable read.
COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer is a complete and definitive .NET guide for the mainframe programmer.
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Part One The Mainframe Paradigm Shift
Chapter 1: Your Future with COBOL
Chapter 2: What Is .NET?
Chapter 3: .NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 1
Chapter 4: .NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 2
Part Two .NET Programming Essentials
Chapter 5: Inside the .NET Integrated Development Environment
Chapter 6: The Nuts and Bolts of .NET Programming
Chapter 7: The .NET Framework
Chapter 8: The .NET Common Language Runtime
Chapter 9: Creating and Using Objects
Part Three Reading, Writing, and Describing Data
Chapter 10: A New Perspective Toward Data
Chapter 11: Database Programming with .NET
Chapter 12: XML in a Managed Environment
Part Four Interfacing and Interacting with the User
Chapter 13: Windows Forms, Web Forms, and No Forms
Chapter 14: Adding Value to Your Interface
Chapter 15: Managing Cache and State for ASP.NET
Chapter 16: Reporting and Information Delivery
Chapter 17: Deploying Your .NET Application
Part Five Advanced .NET Technologies
Chapter 18: Configuration for .NET Applications
Chapter 19: Using Enterprise Services (COM+)
Chapter 20: Developing for the Enterprise
Part Six Appendixes
Appendix A: Debugging and Testing
Appendix B: A Sharp Primer: C# and J#
Appendix C: Religion, Landmines, and Distractions
Appendix D: Fujitsu?s NetCOBOL for .NET
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