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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

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The Future of the COBOL Programming Language

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  1. The Future of the COBOL Programming Language Karl Schenk University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. What is COBOL?

  8. What is COBOL?

  9. What is COBOL?

  10. What is COBOL?

  11. 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

  12. COBOL Structure • Hierarchical • English-Like • Add 1 to Counter Giving Counter • 4 Divisions • Identification, Environment, Data, and Procedure

  13. COBOL Structure • 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

  14. COBOL Structure • Data Division • Defines all data • Files and Working Storage • Procedure Division • Logic of the program • Divided into Paragraphs

  15. COBOL Structure • Code is restricted by columns • 1-6 – Line numbers • 7 - Comment area • 8-72 – Margins A and B (code) • 73-80 – Identification and labels

  16. Cobol Structure “Hello World” IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. Program-Id. Hello-World. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. DATA DIVISION. PROCEDURE DIVISION. 100-PARAGRAPH. DISPLAY "Hello, world.". Stop Run.

  17. 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

  18. COBOL History • 1959 Department of Defense wanted a universal Business Application Language • CODASYL was formed • 11 Government and 15 Commercial attendees

  19. COBOL History • COBOL-61 • ANSI/ISO Standards • COBOL-65 • COBOL-74 • COBOL-85 • COBOL-2002 • Technical Reviews

  20. 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

  21. COBOL-2002

  22. 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

  23. Object 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

  24. Object Oriented COBOL • Requires 2 Programs • Driver • Trigger Sample Program

  25. Object Oriented COBL Driver Program • Registers the class • Declares Object Reference data-items • Creates an object from the class • Accesses a method from the class • Cleans up memory

  26. Object Oriented COBOLTrigger Program • Inheritance is described in Identification Level • Classes are listed • Data in the classes is described • Methods are declared • Each has data and procedures

  27. Object Oriented COBOL • Passing and returning variables done thorough COBOL’s USING, GIVING, and RETURNING reserved words Sample Program

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. XML and COBOL

  31. 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

  32. Micro Foucus and Net Express • Legacy System Development and Deployment • Net Express • Complete Development tool

  33. Micro Focus and Net Express • Interfaces with Microsoft’s Visual Studio • Integrated Development Environment (IDE) • Allows for use of Web Forms and Win Forms • Object Oriented and XML compatible • Ability to use J#, VB.net, etc. along with legacy code

  34. Micro Focus and Net Express

  35. 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

  36. KOBOL • theKompany.com • Combines open source code into new, useful tools

  37. KOBOL • IDE environment • Allows for the creation of COBOL executables • OO and XML compatible • $59.95 per license!!!

  38. KOBOL

  39. 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

  40. COBOL and Higher Education • University of Wisconsin-Platteville • Introductory course: Computer Programming in COBOL • 4 other classes • Systems Analysis and Design • Systems Design and Implementation • CICS Application Programming • Applications of Information Systems

  41. COBOL and Higher Education • University of Wisconsin Madison • No courses in COBOL • University of Iowa • Programming in COBOL (rotating class) • Cal Poly • Programming in COBOL

  42. COBOL and Higher Education • Study of Business Managers • CIS Majors should have a working knowledge of COBOL • Because of the vast amount of code still being used • Should have knowledge of both procedural and OO COBOL

  43. 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

  44. Employment Opportunities and COBOL • Monster.com • COBOL or Mainframe or Legacy System • 6,000 Hits • Limit to just Entry Level • 62 Hits • Large corporations often higher through internship programs so their jobs not listed

  45. 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

  46. Conclusion • COBOL will continue to decline in its use • Still viable because it has adapted • Biggest reason it has a future is amount still running on legacy systems

  47. References • [1] Bitter, Gary G. (Ed). (1992). MacMillan Encyclopedia of Computers. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company. • [2] Khan, Mohammed B. (2003). COBOL. In Bidgoli, Hossein (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Information Systems Volume 1I (pp 113-126). New York: Academic Press. • [4] Kizour, Ronald; Carr, Donald; & Halpern, Paul (2006). What Professionals think of the Future of COBOL? [Electronic Version]. Retrieved on October 19, 2006 from http://www.cobolportal.com/developer/future.asp?bhcp=1. • [5] Narins, Brigham (Ed.). (2002) World of Computer Science. Detroti, MI: Gale Group Thomson Learning. • [6] Micro Focus International PLC. (2006) Micro Focus Net Express Data Sheet. [Electronic Version]. Retrived October 19, 2006, from http://www.microfocus.com

  48. References • [7] Reilly, Edwin D. (2003). Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. • [8] theKompany.com (2006). KOBOL Multi-platform IDE and Compiler for COBOL Development. Retrieved October 17, 2006, from http://www.theKompany.com/products/kobol • [9] Stern, Nancy; Stern, Robert A. & Ley, James P (2003). COBOL for the 21st Century 10th Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. • [10] Tauber, Barry. (2005). XML and the New COBOL [Electronic Version]. Retrieved October 19, 2006 from http://www.webservicessummit.com/Trends/COBOL_XML.htm • [11] University of Wisconsin-Platteville (2006). Computer Science and Software Engineering Program Information [Electronic Version]. Retrieved October 19, 2006 from http://www.uwplatt.edu/csse • [12]Woodcock, JoAnne (Sr. Contributer). (1994). Computer Dictionary Second Edition. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press.

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