Java for S/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers [With CDROM]

by George Farr

Written by mainframe and midrange professionals George Farr and Phil Coulthard, ava for S/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers is designed to help COBOL programmers make the jump to Java. It teaches COBOL... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583470115
• ISBN13: 9781583470114
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: MC Press
• Length: 830 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I love it

This is a great book for programmer from the procedural world trying to lear Java. There is lot of comparison to Cobol code. The examples are detailed and more real world much unlike the examples found in other Java books. Chapter 9 on Object orientation is gem.

...just like starting over...again

Instead of calling it "Java for Dummies" they decided to be nice to us old-timers and call it "Java for...Cobol programmers", but that's OK. Prepare yourself for a thick heavy meal that must be digested very slowly. Not a stone left unturned, very, very meticulous. There is a lot of exhaustive material so you will need a lot of time to go through this. Measure it not in weeks but perhaps in a few good months. But it will push you a good way up the path that many of us must take, for those of us who will not accept that there is more behind us than ahead of us. Go for it - and good luck to us all!