Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9780782123210 ISBN: 078212321X Label: Sybex Inc Manufacturer: Sybex Inc Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 980 Publication Date: February 02, 1999 Publisher: Sybex Inc Sales Rank: 1110961 Studio: Sybex Inc
Editorial Review:
Book Description Mastering Cobol is the must-have tutorial/reference for experienced programmers who need to learn Cobol to work with legacy code. There is no other book with this emphasis! The book uses hands-on examples and extensive coding samples to teach the reader how to deal with the key issues facing today's Cobol programmer: mainframe code updates, Year 2000 corrections, Euro currency conversions, Web migration, and more. The book explores the Y2K problem in depth and offers migration and integration strategies for moving existing Cobol code into the 21st century. The CD includes a fully functional copy of the latest Fujitsu Cobol compiler (offered in no other book) and a complete library of sample code.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Excellent book for even a COBOL expert
This is the best COBOL book I have ever read - clear (concepts, usages), resourceful (you can find everything you need very easily), practical (good examples). It has everything a COBOL expert may need.
Rating: - Mastering "Try to find something worthwhile in this book"
I am a professional programmer and purchased this book to develop COBOL programs on my desktop. The book contains tons of information on COBOL, but virtually NONE on how to use the included software. There are several good pieces of software included on the cd (Crystal Reports, 2 different GUI-COBOL interfaces) but, again, very little documentation on how to use them. My advice: Buy Sams "COBOL in 24 Hours" (which includes the Fujitsu V3 COBOL compiler)and download the free COBOL compiler from the ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent
I think the book offers enough info for me to not only learn the language but also refer to it at a later time, ensuring true value for money, the free compiler is free anyway from the fujitsu website, so buying it for that reason is not worthwhile, purchase it as a reference tool and as a advanced beginning tool, if you can stand the heat from the COBOL kitchen you'll find you can cook some pretty delicious COBOL delights.
Rating: - Disappointed
I use COBOL at work and I'm sure the book is comprehensive, but I bought it mainly for the compiler. With close to 1,000 pages I think its a disservice that so little of the book is devoted to using the compiler. Instead of coding I'm experimenting with a byzantine piece of software to deduce how to use it. To add injury to insult I was looking for a "how to" book for the compiler and found I could've saved $10.00 if I had bought it at amazon.
Rating: - Indispensable Resource
The most comprehensive book on COBOL that I have ever seen. This book is an incredible deal as it contains the latest Fujitsu COBOL compiler. I whole-heartedly recommend this book for intermediate or advanced users (beginners should read an introductory book first).
- Excellent book for even a COBOL expert
- Mastering "Try to find something worthwhile in this book"
