COBOL

COBOL is the language of choice for building scalable, stable and reliable business applications. It is the engine that powers modern business and finance applications worldwide. Accurate, consistent and reliable, COBOL is the heartbeat behind millions of transactions every day.

Today's modern COBOL combines all the traditional strengths of COBOL with newer Object Oriented and .NET-like constructs.

Micro Focus is the power behind modern COBOL. We continue to drive the language, moving it forward to meet today's and tomorrow's demands. We also drive the development of tools such as Visual COBOL, so that COBOL applications run on Windows, UNIX/Linux, .NET, JVM and the cloud. These tools empower developers to be more productive with COBOL on familiar modern IDEs such as VS2010 and Eclipse, the familiarity making it easy for programmers with any language expertise to learn COBOL.

This dedicated resource provides all you need to know about the COBOL leadership approach from Micro Focus. The analyst research, white papers, webinars, best practice and practical guidance you will find here will be updated regularly, so be sure to visit frequently for the latest insight.

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Community

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Visual COBOL

Visual COBOL R3 gives you the freedom to use COBOL in whichever deployment platform or framework makes most sense for your organization.

Now you can extend COBOL using the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) best suited to your application deployment environment – whether that's using Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 for Windows and .NET applications or Eclipse for Windows, UNIX or Linux or the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) platform.
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Education

If you would like to learn COBOL or would like to brush up your COBOL skills again, our Education services team have a number of online COBOL tutorials as well as instructor led COBOL classes you can choose between. Visit the education services home page to sign up and get started with learning COBOL now.

If you are a College or University teaching COBOL as a part of your curriculum, take advantage of our free Academic Connections program to get access to the latest software and tools for teaching COBOL in Universities or Colleges.
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