Designing and Programming CICS Applications [With CDROM] (Paperback: 414 pages)

"Designing and Programming CICS Applications" will benefit a diverse audience. It introduces new users of IBM's mainframe (OS/390) to CICS features. It shows experienced users how to integrate existing mainframe systems with newer technologies, including the Web, CORBA, Java, CICS clients, and Visual Basic; as well as how to link MQSeries and CICS.

Each part of "Designing and Programming CICS Applications" addresses the design requirements for specific components and gives a step-by-step approach to developing a simple application. The book reviews the basic concepts of a business application and the way CICS meets these requirements. It then covers a wide range of application development technologies, including VisualAge for Java, WebSphere Studio, and Visual Basic. Users learn not only how to design and write their programs but also how to deploy their applications.

"Designing and Programming CICS Applications" shows how to:

Develop and modify existing COBOL applications

Become familiar with the CICS Java environment and write a simple Java wrapper for a COBOL application

Develop a web front end using servlets, JSP and JavaBeans.

Link the web front end to an existing COBOL application using CORBA

Write a Visual Basic application to develop a customerGUI

Link an existing COBOL application using a CICS Client ECI call

Develop a Java application using Swing as an MQSeries Client

Use the MQSeries-CICS bridge to access an existing COBOL application

Whether for working with thousands of terminals or for a client/server environment with workstations and LANs exploiting modern technology such as graphical interfaces or multimedia, "Designing and Programming CICS Applications" delivers the power to create, modernize and extend CICS applications.