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

✍ Scribed by Chris Richardson (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1007
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

strongChris L. Richardson/strong is a senior software engineer on a .NET web development project at a Fortune 500 company. Before making the transition to Windows and web programming, he held senior programmer/analyst positions on the mainframe platform. For the majority of his 20+ years in the information technology field, he has developed using COBOL, CICS, and DB2. Chris proudly reminds people of his mainframe background and jokingly refers to himself as a "reformed mainframe programmer." He divides his leisure time between entrepreneurial endeavors (such as his startup, California-based eClectic Software Solutions) and studying for his next Microsoft certification exam.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Your Future with COBOL....Pages 3-28
What Is .NET?....Pages 29-58
.NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 1....Pages 59-92
.NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 2....Pages 93-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Inside the .NET Integrated Development Environment....Pages 133-170
The Nuts and Bolts of .NET Programming....Pages 171-203
The .NET Framework....Pages 205-243
The .NET Common Language Runtime....Pages 245-279
Creating and Using Objects....Pages 281-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
A New Perspective Toward Data....Pages 323-358
Database Programming with .NET....Pages 359-407
XML in a Managed Environment....Pages 409-442
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Windows Forms, Web Forms, and No Forms....Pages 445-507
Adding Value to Your Interface....Pages 509-550
Managing Cache and State for ASP.NET....Pages 551-595
Reporting and Information Delivery....Pages 597-630
Deploying Your .NET Application....Pages 631-678
Front Matter....Pages 679-679
Configuration for .NET Applications....Pages 681-748
Using Enterprise Services (COM+)....Pages 749-800
Developing for the Enterprise....Pages 801-881
Back Matter....Pages 883-992

✦ Subjects

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems