- Paperback: 780 pages
- Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates; Pap/Cdr edition (September 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1890774057
- ISBN-13: 978-1890774059
- Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 20.4 x 4.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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#822,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #33 in Books > Computers & Internet > Programming > Languages & Tools > Cobol
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Book Description
This book does something no other COBOL book does - it teaches how to develop COBOL programs using a PC-based compiler (ideal for individuals) as well as on a mainframe (the environment where 80% of all COBOL programming is done). This realistic slant and the emphasis on the structured programming methods that professionals use, make this book the ideal choice for anyone who wants to learn COBOL.
From the Publisher
If you're new to COBOL, this is the right book for training, either in a classroom or on your own. You'll be writing production programs far more quickly-and with far more confidence-than you can using any other COBOL book or course. I guarantee it! But more than that, this is the best COBOL reference you can find anywhere.
Don't know how to code a streamlined EVALUATE statement instead of a complex nested IF? Turn to page 198. Have to develop a program that edits a file of input transactions, sorts them, and then uses them to update a master file? Look at the program in figure 16-9, then copy the code from the companion CD-ROM to use as a starting point for your own code. Need to maintain a program with a Declaratives section and you're not sure how that works? Go to chapter 21, not just for information on Declaratives, but also for a practical look at the realities of maintenance programming.
In fact, each page is packed with the information COBOL programmers need every day. From COBOL statements to structured programming techniques to IBM mainframe specifics, no other book even comes close to giving you such practical coding examples and real-world advice. Get your copy today!
A quick look at the contents...
Section 1: Get started right with 5 chapters that teach you how to write, compile, test, and debug COBOL programs that prepare multi-level reports using the structured methods the top professionals use.
Section 2: Learn special-purpose features as you need them, intrinsic functions, copy libraries and subprograms, working with dates and characters, dealing with leftover Y2K code, table handling, and more!
Section 3: File handling and everything you need to know to design and code structured programs that handle sequential, indexed, and relative files.
Section 4: COBOL for specific platforms. Round out your knowledge of COBOL in the workplace. Learn how to: develop interactive programs on a PC; compile and test programs on a mainframe; code CICS and DB2 programs on a mainframe; maintain old programs; and use object-oriented COBOL.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Murach's Structured COBOL,
By Peter Sterwe (Täby Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Murach's Structured COBOL with CDROM (Paperback)
I've just browsed this book, which was delivered just 5 minutes ago, but I was very disapointed. Most examples are still in the old fashion COBOL way from the 70's and are not taking advantage of "Mixed Case", "Scope Terminators"(not even mentioned in the index), which makes a COBOL program structured. Use of the "full stop (.)" should be forbidden, where it's not needed, and that's only at the end of a paragraph. Using "MOVE 'Y' TO EOF_SWITCH" instead of "Set EOF to True" even more disqualifies this book as a "structured programming" book, which should be more up-to-date in thinking of how to use Cobol. The examples on OO-Cobol seem to be ok, maybe written by another author?This book is of course a good reference for Cobol programmers, but I was expecting a more "modern" aproach to using the Cobol language and have examples "extremly" structured and in every minute take advantage of possibilities available in the language. Younger programmers are used to other structured languages, e.g Visual Basic and Java, and should be informed that the Cobol language is not a "left over from the 60's" but is is real structured programming language. Old programs have to be rewritten or Cobol will not survive. My expectation was that Murach would help us, but this is not really the case!
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Guru of Mainframe Transaction Based Programming,
This review is from: Murach's Structured COBOL with CDROM (Paperback)
I have been reading Mike Murach books for decades now, and keep several on my desk. The CICS Desk Reference, for example, written by Doug Lowe, is still THE definitive reference for CICS programming. As one who has been around COBOL programming since the early 70's when Grace Hopper introduced it, I think this is one best books on the subject ever written.
5.0 out of 5 stars
How to code, compile, test, and debug interactive programs,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Murach's Structured COBOL with CDROM (Paperback)
Murach's Structured COBOL is a complete course in the use of COBOL in a single 780-page volume. Mike Murach, Anne Prince, and Raul Menendez collaborate to cover all aspects from getting started and special-purpose features to file handling and the use of COBOL for specific platforms. Readers will learn how to code, compile, test, and debug interactive programs; the best techniques for designing and coding structured programs; the specifics necessary for developing programs for IBM mainframes; fourteen full programs and dozens of coding examples to enable the coding of the reader's own programs; and exercises at the end of each chapter to provide a maximum amount of applied practice in a minimum of time on your own personal computer. The informative, "user friendly" text is accompanied by a CD-ROM. Murach's Structured COBOL is very highly recommended for the novice approaching COBOL for the first time, and has much of value for even the seasoned, experienced COBOL user.
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