COBOL and Visual Basic on .Net

* The only book of its kind - written from the perspective of a former COBOL/CICS mainframe programmer. * Familiar mainframe terms/concepts are used to help introduce the . NET technologies. * COBOL . NET and Visual Basic . NET code samples are provided. * Author is a Sr. Software Engineer on a . NET Web Development project at a Fortune 500 company.

One The Mainframe Paradigm Shift. - 1 Your Future with COBOL. - 2 What Is . NET? . - 3 . NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 1. - 4 . NET Retraining Prerequisites, Part 2. - Two . NET Programming Essentials. - 5 Inside the . NET Integrated Development Environment. - 6 The Nuts and Bolts of . NET Programming. - 7 The . NET Framework. - 8 The . NET Common Language Runtime. - 9 Creating and Using Objects. - Three Reading, Writing, and Describing Data. - 10 A New Perspective Toward Data. - 11 Database Programming with . NET. - 12 XML in a Managed Environment. - Four Interfacing and Interacting with the User. - 13 Windows Forms, Web Forms, and No Forms. - 14 Adding Value to Your Interface. - 15 Managing Cache and State for ASP . NET. - 16 Reporting and Information Delivery. - 17 Deploying Your . NET Application. - Five Advanced . NET Technologies. - 18 Configuration for . NET Applications. - 19 Using Enterprise Services (COM+). - 20 Developing for the Enterprise. - Six Appendixes. - Appendix A Debugging and Testing. - Debugging. - Testing. - Summary. - To Learn More. - Appendix B A Sharp Primer: C# and J#. - Introducing Visual C# . NET. - Introducing Visual J# . NET. - Summary. - To Learn More. - Appendix C Religion, Landmines, and Distractions. - Distractions: Been There, Done That. - Summary. - To Learn More. - Appendix D Fujitsu s NetCOBOL for . NET. - Product Features. - Product Documentation. - Summary. - To Learn More.