Murach's CICS for the
COBOL Programmer
by Raul Menendez and Doug Lowe
22 chapters, 633 pages, 214 illustrations
ISBN-10: 1-890774-09-X; ISBN-13: 978-1-890774-09-7
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Join the more than 150,000 programmers worldwide who
have learned CICS using this book, either on their own
or in a training course! Now in its third edition, it
provides the practical, fast-paced training and reference
that's essential for today's CICS programmers.
In fact, by the end of chapter 2, you'll see how a
complete CICS program works, so you'll understand all
the pieces involved. And by the end of section 2 (just
6 chapters), you'll be able to design, code, and test
CICS programs on your own. No time wasted!
Then, whether you're a new or experienced programmer,
you'll go on to master the skills that make you a thoroughly
professional CICS programmer. And once you're done with
training, you'll have a time-saving reference book to
answer the questions that crop up on the job every day.
To be specific, section 3 presents additional commands
and techniques you'll use regularly on the job. Section
4 presents a complete CICS application made up of 4
interrelated programs—great time-saving models
for your own work. Section 5 shows you how to process
sequential and VSAM files and DB2 databases—essential
skills in any CICS shop. And section 6 gives you an
overview of other CICS capabilities that even the more
experienced programmers in your shop may not know much
about.
So get this book today. See for yourself why it's been
the programmer's choice for CICS education ever since
the original edition was published 22 years ago.
Here are a few more highlights:
The best presentation of CICS concepts
available anywhere
That's what programmers have told us again and again.
This book provides the groundwork you need to understand
how your CICS programs actually operate. And that understanding
makes it easier for you to handle every phase of CICS
development, from design through coding, testing, debugging,
and maintenance.
Two techniques for developing modern
CICS programs
In section 6, there are two chapters that may be of
special interest to you. First, in chapter 20, you'll
learn how to design and code programs in which the presentation
logic is separated from the business logic. That makes
it feasible to create a program with a front-end in
a language like Java and leave CICS on the back-end
to process transactions. Second, in chapter 21, you'll
be introduced to techniques for developing CICS programs
for the web. And that, of course, is a compelling reason
for separating the presentation logic from the business
logic.
Professional coding models
You need complete program examples to learn CICS, and
that’s what you get in the this book. Not snippets
of code that leave you with questions, but 12 full programs,
with specs, design, BMS mapsets, and COBOL code, that
teach you how to handle real-world programming demands.
Paired pages for quick knowledge
All the information is presented in "paired pages,"
with the essential details and examples on the right
and the perspective on the left. You read less and learn
faster!
Flexible reference
The paired pages and the coding examples make this
book easy to use for reference. Find the answers you
need, right when you need them.
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