COBOL Programming Publications

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• Resources

• Advanced COBOL for Structured and Object-Oriented Programming  - Details a book by Gary DeWard Brown. A pre-millennial update to the classic COBOL resource. This reference has been updated to address the current realities of life as a COBOL programmer, focusing on client/server applications and featuring a hands-on tutorial on implementing object-oriented COBOL.
• COBOL Portal: COBOL Books  - One-stop shop for COBOL related news, programming tips, resources and everything COBOL.
• COBOL Programming Books  - Descriptions of various COBOL programming books for purchase.
• MIke Murach and Associates  - Online catalog of Mainframe book titles. Subjects include MVS/JCL, COBOL, DB2, CICS, VSAM, and MVS/TSO.
• Standard Object-Oriented Cobol  - 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.
• Successful COBOL Upgrades: Highlights and Programming Techniques  - 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 may find along the way.