Java for Cobol Programmers

By John C. Byrne

Book Overview

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 oncepts into object-oriented ones. This book does not assume knowledge of C or C++ programming techniques.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886801843
• ISBN13: 9781886801844
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Charles River Media
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good starter java book when bridging from COBOL

I found this book to be much more helpful in explaining the basics than other books whose audience was former C programmers. Most people talk about OO programming as some new high-faluting process that the mainframe COBOL programmer will have great difficulty understanding. As I am in a shop that makes much use of copybooks and called subroutines, I could relate to Byrne's explanations. They took away the mystique of OO programming.

Java for Cobol Programmers

This is not a bad book for the Cobol programmers who are trying to learn Object Oriented language Java. Very good parallels between classes and Cobol subroutine. Most of the Java books are written by former C++ programmers, who do not know Cobol. But Mr. Burne trying find some common ground between Java and Cobol, to simplify learning. I gave it 4 stars, it would be nice to have some Input and Output File processing, GUI and JDBC coverages. But over all, this is much better book than Doke and Hardgrave book with similar title.

Great Introduction for Cobol programmers

I found this book extremely useful. I have been a programmer for 20 years, and this is the first book I've found that explained Java in a way I could understand. I liked the way the author started with simple examples, and then kept building on them. Definitely a big help to me. The chapter on XML was interesting too.