Programmers and Systems Administrators who need to understand the options available for making legacy CICS Transactions and Data available to the Internet, and how to use CICS to provide high volume, reliable processing for Internet applications.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of CICS, the Internet and Java.
Objectives
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
Understand the available methods for Web enabling CICS transactions.
Understand the CICS Transaction Gateway and the use of Java to drive CICS transactions.
Understand the basic Java objects provided by the CICS Transaction Gateway and how they can be used in a Java Applet, Application or Servlet.
Understand the security issues raised by exposing traditionally secure CICS systems to the Internet, and the technologies available to address them.
Understand how CICS Transaction Server has implemented some of these Internet security technologies.
Course Content
Module 1 Overview of Internet and Mainframe CICS Environments
Internet Overview: Web Browers, HTML and HTTP
Internet Transmission and Display Protocols
CICS Mainframe Environments
Accessing CICS Applications Programmatically
CICS and Communication with the Internet
Module 2 How to use the CICS Transaction Gateway
The Java Gateway Application
Java Overview
Java Applets, Applications and Servlets
How the CICS Transaction Gateway Accesses CICS
The External Call Interface
Module 3 Programming using the CICS Transaction Gateway
