The future of the cobol programming language

The Future of the COBOL Programming Language Karl Schenk University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering About Me  Senior (Fifth Year)  Majors:  Computer Science (CIS)  Business Administration (CS)  Related Jobs  UW-Platteville OIT – Lab Consultant  John Deere Dubuque Works – Part Time Student Information Technology Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL?  COBOL Structure  COBOL History  COBOL-2002  Object Oriented COBOL  XML and COBOL  Micro Focus and Net Express  KOBOL  COBOL and higher Education  Employment Opportunities and COBOL  Conclusion Introduction  “I’ve coded in COBOL but never compiled”  150-200 Billion Lines of COBOL  Up to 2 billion Lines added each year  Most COBOL is used at large corporations and by government Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL?  COBOL Structure  COBOL History  COBOL-2002  Object Oriented COBOL  Micro Focus and Net Express  KOBOL  XML and COBOL  COBOL and higher Education  Employment Opportunities and COBOL  Conclusion What is COBOL?  Common Business Oriented Language  Procedural Language  Third Generation Language  Compiled Language  Most often used on Mainframes but is on PC’s too. What is COBOL? What is COBOL? What is COBOL? What is COBOL? [...]...       COBOL History   1959 Department of Defense wanted a universal Business Application Language CODASYL was formed  11 Government and 15 Commercial attendees COBOL History   COBOL- 61 ANSI/ISO Standards      COBOL- 65 COBOL- 74 COBOL- 85 COBOL- 2002 Technical Reviews Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL? COBOL Structure COBOL History COBOL- 2002 Object Oriented COBOL XML and COBOL Micro... around operators Sort The SORT keyword can now be used on both tables and files Deletion of Files A DELETE statement will allow deletion of an entire file with only one instruction Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL? COBOL Structure COBOL History COBOL- 2002 Object Oriented COBOL XML and COBOL Micro Focus and Net Express KOBOL COBOL and higher Education Employment Opportunities and COBOL Conclusion ... COBOL? COBOL Structure COBOL History COBOL- 2002 Object Oriented COBOL XML and COBOL Micro Focus and Net Express KOBOL COBOL and higher Education Employment Opportunities and COBOL Conclusion           XML and COBOL  XML     Markup Language Used to make complicated output for web pages Developed by World Wide Web Consortium Technical Review for COBOL support of XML XML and COBOL Topic Brief... Introduction  What is COBOL? COBOL Structure COBOL History COBOL- 2002 Object Oriented COBOL XML and COBOL Micro Focus and Net Express KOBOL COBOL and higher Education Employment Opportunities and COBOL Conclusion           COBOL Structure   Hierarchical English-Like   Add 1 to Counter Giving Counter 4 Divisions  Identification, Environment, Data, and Procedure COBOL Structure  Identification... use of Web Forms and Win Forms Object Oriented and XML compatible Ability to use J#, VB.net, etc along with legacy code Micro Focus and Net Express Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL? COBOL Structure COBOL History COBOL- 2002 Object Oriented COBOL XML and COBOL Micro Focus and Net Express KOBOL COBOL and higher Education Employment Opportunities and COBOL Conclusion           KOBOL  theKompany.com... and labels Cobol Structure “Hello World” IDENTIFICATION DIVISION Program-Id Hello-World ENVIRONMENT DIVISION DATA DIVISION PROCEDURE DIVISION 100-PARAGRAPH DISPLAY "Hello, world." Stop Run Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL? COBOL Structure COBOL History COBOL- 2002 Object Oriented COBOL XML and COBOL Micro Focus and Net Express KOBOL COBOL and higher Education Employment Opportunities and COBOL Conclusion... What is COBOL? COBOL Structure COBOL History COBOL- 2002 Object Oriented COBOL XML and COBOL Micro Focus and Net Express KOBOL COBOL and higher Education Employment Opportunities and COBOL Conclusion           Micro Foucus and Net Express   Legacy System Development and Deployment Net Express  Complete Development tool Micro Focus and Net Express      Interfaces with Microsoft’s Visual... Oriented COBOL “A programming paradigm in which a program is viewed as a collection of discrete objects that are self-contained collections of data structures and routines of an object.” Microsoft Computer Dictionary Object Oriented COBOL  Requires 2 Programs   Driver Trigger Object Oriented COBL Driver Program      Registers the class Declares Object Reference dataitems Creates an object from the. .. Identification Division    Program Name Other items like programmer and compile date should be comments Environment Division   Describes the hardware the program is running on Briefly describes the data files COBOL Structure  Data Division    Defines all data Files and Working Storage Procedure Division   Logic of the program Divided into Paragraphs COBOL Structure  Code is restricted by columns... method from the class Cleans up memory Object Oriented COBOL Trigger Program     Inheritance is described in Identification Level Classes are listed Data in the classes is described Methods are declared  Each has data and procedures Object Oriented COBOL  Passing and returning variables done thorough COBOL s USING, GIVING, and RETURNING reserved words Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL? COBOL Structure . The Future of the COBOL Programming Language Karl Schenk University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering About Me  Senior. What is COBOL? What is COBOL? What is COBOL? What is COBOL? Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL?  COBOL Structure  COBOL History  COBOL- 2002  Object Oriented COBOL  XML and COBOL  Micro. History  COBOL- 61  ANSI/ISO Standards  COBOL- 65  COBOL- 74  COBOL- 85  COBOL- 2002  Technical Reviews Topics  Introduction  What is COBOL?  COBOL Structure  COBOL History  COBOL- 2002  Object