Train in COBOL on your own PC
with Micro Focus Net Express
Micro Focus Net Express 5.0
Price: $49.00 (CD version)
Free academic download available at Micro
Focus (190 MB)
Micro Focus Net Express 5.0 is a PC-based compiler
and development environment that makes a terrific self-training
tool. You can use it to enter, test, and debug programs
on your own PC, and get immediate feedback on how the
COBOL code works.
That means you can concentrate on learning the COBOL skills
that will transfer easily to the mainframe environment, without
the overhead and complications of working on a mainframe (our
COBOL book will guide you through those complications when
you go to work in a mainframe shop).
To install Net Express successfully, you must have some component of Microsoft's Visual Studio software installed on your PC. To meet this requirement, you can download Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for free from the Microsoft site.
To conserve PC resources, when you reach the
Custom Setup dialog box during the installation process,
you only need to install "Net Express support for
Windows & Cross Platform." You can turn all
of the other features off by clicking on each icon and
selecting "This feature will not be available."
To work with Net Express more easily once you have
it installed, you can download
two PDF documents that we’ve developed:
- A tutorial that shows you how to edit, compile,
test, and debug COBOL programs with Net Express
- Practice exercises for the chapters in our book,
with specific instructions for using Net Express to
do them
By the way, these documents work for the previous edition
of Net Express (known as Net Express 4.0 or Net Express
with .NET) as well as for the current 5.0 edition.
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