By Jeni Tennison. Owners of the book can download all-new content from the Web and access a searchable version of the book online. Sample chapter provided.
Book by Young Chae and Steven Rogers. Offers a concise primer on how newer versions of COBOL differ from older ones still in circulation, outlines programming techniques for new features, and highlights advantages, obstacles, and surprises programmers...
Book by Ned Chapin. Covers the new syntax in COBOL-97 and stresses the design that must be done before a COBOL program is written. The text builds on software engineering principles and practices combined with object-oriented technology to enable effe...
By Dave Brueck, Stephen Tanner; John Wiley and Sons, 2001, ISBN 0764548077. Full coverage, clear explanations, hands-on examples, full language reference; shows step by step how to use components, assemble them, form full-featured programs. [John Wile...
By Suresh Mahadevan; John Wiley and Sons, 2002, ISBN 047121972X. Hands-on full introduction, how to save much time, many real-world examples, how to move beyond examples to specific tasks, end-of-chapter reviews, exercises.
By Rashi Gupta; John Wiley and Sons, 2002, ISBN 0471219754. Covers language basics, use for CGI scripting, GUI development, network programming; shows why it is one of more sophisticated of popular scripting languages. [Wiley]
A complete guide to building powerful business applications in Java using CORBA-based distributed objects. Includes "A First Java ORB Application" sample chapter. (Gerald Brose, Andreas Vogel and Keith Duddy)