Commercial programming in COBOL
J Sheard
6 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield
*
Prerequisites: SFT1102
* Prohibitions: BUS1042, BUS3522, CFR1122, CSC3151,
CFR2110, SFT1122, SFT2110, SFT2205
Objectives At the completion of this subject students should know about and have basic mastery of the COBOL 85 programming languages; understand the principles of batch and interactive program design and development; and understand and be able to implement common commercial processing algorithms.
Synopsis This subject introduces students to the commercial programming language, COBOL 85. The basic syntax of the COBOL 85 language is covered. The design, testing and implementation in COBOL 85 of batch and interactive commercial algorithms are considered in detail. Other topics covered include sequential, indexed and relative files and information hiding in COBOL-85. Transaction processing is discussed. Issues in multi-user programming. Issues involving large scale legacy systems are considered. New advances in COBOL will be introduced.
Assessment Examination and unit test: 60%
* Assignment: 40%
Prescribed texts
Stern N and Stern R A Structured COBOL programming 7th edn, Wiley, 1994
Recommended texts
Juliff P L Program design 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1990
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