Product DescriptionThis new edition of Murach’s classic 'CICS Programmer’s Desk Reference' is updated throughout to present both the latest versions of CICS and the latest CICS programming practices. An easy-to-use CICS command reference makes up the bulk of the book. But there is also new or expanded material on CICS program design, creating HTML documents from BMS mapsets for web-based CICS applications, defining CICS resources, and more!
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Rating: - An Excellent Reference
This books is an excellent reference to the experienced CICS programmer. It contains the majority of information that an experienced programmer needs to locate quickly to apply to problems at hand. There are not too many technical books like this available on the market that contain the gammut of related reference material all in one place in an easy to locate format. In addition it supplies various "notes and tips" on using each of the CICS features presented as well as code fragments to see ... Read More
Rating: - excellent book to learn CICS for the web
This is the fourth of Murach's books to find a permanent place on my bookshelf. Most technical books I read once and pass on to the public library. I kept these books because it's so easy to quickly find in them what I need -- and yet they are very complete. Everything is here in one book.
Each CICS command is laid out in a set format: function, syntax, options, exceptional conditions, notes & tips and a coding example. Most of them fit on two pages and you have everything you need ... Read More
Rating: - Written especially for experienced CICS/COBOL programmers
Collaboratively written by CICS programmer and expert Raul Menendez with the assistance of Doug Lowe, Murach's CICS Desk Reference is a solid and accessible resource for CICS/COBOL programmers. Individual chapters cover useful programming guidelines for creating and debugging readable, well-formatted code; syntax and option descriptions for 121 CICS commands; Basic Mapping Support macros; CICS program development aids for working with VSAM files, using RDO, using Master Terminal Transaction, and more. ... Read More
