Teach Yourself COBOL in 21 Days

by Mo Budlong

Book Overview

This 21-day structure provides a logical and easy-to-follow sequence that helps build a solid understanding of COBOL. The book includes day-to-day lessons and examples of everyday programming code.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672311372
• ISBN13: 9780672311376
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 1056 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent "launch point" for those entering a COBOL environ.

I've been recommending this book to my clients for over a year now. "COBOL in 21 days" Has provided a solid foundation for both new programmers and those that are transitioning from current languages to legacy systems. The authors approach is to lay down the fundamental structure of the language, then give you a series of "hands on" excercises that perform most of the functions that you find in a business environment. You become "COBOL competent" very quickly.One of the great things about the code that you learn is that it adheres to excellent programming standards. The examples are structured and tend to be much better quality then the code that I usually run into at my client sites. There is a Year 2000 specific section that provides some great "real world" help. I was able to use some of these tips in a Y2K course that I wrote for Learning Tree International.Not only do I recommend this book for beginner programmers, but it is also a great resource for COBOL pros who can some of the many "canned" routines that are detailed in the book.