Platform-Specific Programming, AS/400, Other Programming Languages

Control Language Programming for the AS/400

Name: Control Language Programming for the AS/400
Author: Bryan Meyers
ISBN: 9781882419760

by Bryan Meyers, Dan Riehl

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This comprehensive textbook on CL programming for the AS/400 is a boon to programming career professionals, teachers, and students. Bryan Meyers and Dan Riehl, NEWS/400 technical editors with 20 years' experience in CL programming between them, write from an up-to-the-minute knowledge of the skills required in today's MIS environment. Each chapter includes practical exercises and programming assignments graduated in difficulty.

Control Language Programming for the AS/400 offers extensive coverage, guiding readers smoothly to a professional grasp of CL programming techniques and style. Throughout, the concise "Coding in Style" sidebars offer valuable tips gained from the authors' years of practical experience. Their reader-friendly style and professional know-how make learning a pleasure!

Synopsis

This comprehensive textbook on CL programming for the AS/400 is a boon to programming career professionals, teachers and students. Bryan Meyers and Dan Riehl, NEWS/400 technical editors with 20 years' experience in CL programming between them, write from an up-to-the-minute knowledge of the skills required in today's MIS environment. Each chapter includes practical exercises and programming assignments graduated in difficulty

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A comprehensive text on CL programming for students who plan to initiate careers as AS/400 programming professionals. Each of the 25 chapters ends with practical exercises and includes graduated programming assignments. Two appendices cover essentials of AS/400 features needed for program development and SEU. A third appendix serves as a condensed reference to the most frequently used CL commands. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author, Bryan Meyers

Bryan Meyers, CCP, is director of information services for KOA Kampgrounds of America and a senior technical editor for NEWS/400. Bryan has more than 25 years of consulting, programming, and system design experience in the IBM midrange arena. He is the author if RPG IV Jump Start, 2nd edition, published by 29th Street Press.

Dan Riehl is a technical editor for NEWS/400 and president of PowerTech Toolworks, Inc., a Seattle-based firm providing AS/400 technical education and support. Dan also is the editor of Power Tools for the AS/400 and the author of Desktop Guide to AS/400 Programmer's Tools, published by 29th Street Press.

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A text for students planning careers as AS/400 programmers, assuming no prior knowledge of Control Language (CL). Material for a 13-session course is covered in five sections on introducing CL, basic CL programming, I/O in a CL program, advanced CL programming, and creating commands. Chapters end with key terms, review questions, exercises, and graduated programming assignments. Sidebars offer tips on style issues. Appendices cover essentials of AS/400 features needed for program development and SEU, and offer a reference to CL commands. This second edition is updated to include discussion of the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) and its impact on traditional AS/400 concepts, and contains an appendix on the ILE debugger. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.