Rexx Programmer's Reference
- 12h 57m
- Howard Fosdick
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2005
Whether you’re new to Rexx or are an experienced Rexx programmer, this comprehensive reference offers you what you need to know in order to work with this easy yet powerful scripting language on any level. After a quick overview of the basics of Rexx, you’ll move on to more advanced scripting topics such as portable code and optimal coding style.
Later chapters cover the most common Rexx interfaces and tools and introduce and demonstrate how to use Rexx with operating systems, SQL databases, Web servers, and XML. You’ll also learn about the many free Rexx interpreters and the unique advantages of each. By the end of the book, you’ll have learned special techniques that you can use to make the most of the power and flexibility of Rexx.
What you will learn from this book
- The entire Rexx language, from an introductory tutorial to advanced features
- How to script with Windows, Linux, Unix, and mainframes
- How to interface Rexx to databases, Web servers, GUIs, XML, and other tools
- Object-oriented programming with the object-oriented Rexx interpreters
- How to script in the Java environment with NetRexx
- How to script handhelds running Windows CE, Palm OS, or Symbian/EPOC
About the Author
Howard Fosdick has performed DBA and systems support work as an independent consultant for 15 years. He's coded in Rexx for nearly two decades and has worked in most other major scripting languages. Fosdick has written many technical articles, founded two database users' groups, and is known as the originator of such concepts as "hype cycles" and "open consulting."
In this Book
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Introduction to Scripting and Rexx
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Language Basics
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Control Structures
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Arrays
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Input and Output
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String Manipulation
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Numbers, Calculations, and Conversions
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Subroutines, Functions, and Modularity
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Debugging and the Trace Facility
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Errors and Condition Trapping
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The External Data Queue, or "Stack"
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Rexx with Style
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Writing Portable Rexx
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Issuing System Commands
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Interfacing to Relational Databases
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Graphical User Interfaces
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Web Programming with CGI and Apache
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XML and Other Interfaces
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Evolution and Implementations
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Regina
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Rexx/imc
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BRexx
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Reginald
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Handhelds and Embedded Programming
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Rexx for Palm OS
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r4 and Object-Oriented roo!
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Open Object Rexx
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Open Object Rexx Tutorial
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IBM Mainframe Rexx
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NetRexx
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