This book gives guidance in the use of the CICS/ESA application programming interface; it complements the reference information in the CICS/ESA Application Programming Reference.
This book gives guidance on writing CICS application programs in COBOL, C/370, PL/I, and assembler, to run under the IBM licensed program CICS/ESA (5665-403). (CICS is the IBM Customer Information Control System/Enterprise Systems Architecture.)
Reference information is in the CICS/ESA Application Programming Reference. For information on debugging CICS applications, see the CICS/ESA Problem Determination Guide.
This book is mainly for experienced application programmers who are relatively new to CICS. If you're a system programmer or system analyst, you should still find it useful.
You must be able to program in VS COBOL II, OS/VS COBOL, C/370, PL/I, or assembler.