Designing and Programming CICS Applications

Appendix C. Suggestions for Further Reading

Here are the URLs of links that will help you to keep up-to-date with events in the CICS world:

http://www.software.ibm.com/ts/cics

The CICS home page on the internet; a good starting point giving an overview and links to many developer sites, case studies, and other sites.

http://www.software.ibm.com/ts/cics/library/ts390

The site for the CICS TS/390 Newsletter.

http://www.s390.ibm.com/ads

The site for the IBM S/390 Application Development Solutions.

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/

Redbooks are produced by small teams of IBM professionals to provide specialist books based on first hand experience for people implementing IBM solutions. The redbooks listed in this bibliography can be found at this site.

http://www.ibm.com/developer/java/

The IBM site for Java. It provides valuable information about Servletes, XML as well as all things Java. A really good resource.

http://www.omg.org/

The site for the Object Management Group (OMG). The OMG was formed to create a component-based software marketplace by hastening the introduction of standardized object software. The OMG is responsible for the establishment of worldwide standards for CORBA.

http://java.sun.com

The Sun Java web site.

Here is a brief list of some books that you might find helpful:

Deborin E., Ekstedt A., Gardner A., and Verbestel N., CICS Transaction Server for OS/390: Web Interface and 3270 Bridge. IBM International Technical Support Organization, 444 pages (SG24-5243). This book is particularly ...