Retooling COBOL Programmers 2

After coding in COBOL for so many years, it is easy to become complacent and assume one knows all there is to know about the language. Well, the world of programming is always evolving. The latest trends to hit programming were the client/server model, object-orientation, and now the Internet (HTTP). COBOL has been adapting to all the new challenges quite nicely. There are a couple of books you may want to browse at your local library or bookstore.

If you want to use COBOL in the .NET Framework, here is a book that actually teaches Fujitsu's netCOBOL and Visual Studio.NET:

Microsoft .NET for COBOL Programmers
by Howard E Hinman

Whether you want to use the new standard object-oriented COBOL or combine using object-oriented and traditional COBOL, try:

Standard Object-Oriented Cobol
by Ned Chapin

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[MarcLodge]

Along similar lines:

Cobol Programming Using .NET Framework by Ronald D. Reeves
A link to the write up etc. on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...2/sr=1-726/ref=sr_1_0_726/026-6304484-5642869

and if you fancy getting into Java:
Java for Cobol Programmers 2 by John C. Byrne, Jim Cross
A link to the write up etc. on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...2/sr=1-727/ref=sr_1_0_727/026-6304484-5642869

This last one sounds quite interesting, the synopsis states:
Java is currently a "must-have" skill but its object-oriented concepts may be unfamiliar to COBOL programmers. COBOL examples are used throughout this book to explain Java's object-oriented principles and syntax. Step-by-step procedures are used to walk the user through the process of converting COBOL's structured programming concepts into object-oriented ones. This book does not assume knowledge of C or C++ programming techniques.

May be worth a browse....
Marc