Rexx Programmer's Reference

Description

* Originally developed for mainframes but highly portable across platforms-from servers to desktops to handhelds-Rexx is an easy yet powerful scripting language that's widely used for rapid application development.
* Covers Rexx interpreters for specialized functions-object-oriented, mainframe, and handheld.
* There are 8 different free Rexx interpreters optimized for different platforms and uses. This book shows how to use them all.
* Shows how to script for GUIs, databases, web servers, XML, and other interfaces.
* Details how to make the best use of Rexx tools and interfaces, with examples for both Linux and Windows.
* Includes a tutorial with lots of examples to help people get up and running.

CONTENTS:

Foreword.

  
Acknowledgments.

  
Introduction.

  Part I.

  
Chapter 1: Introduction to Scripting and Rexx.

  
Chapter 2: Language Basics.

  
Chapter 3: Control Structures.

  
Chapter 4: Arrays.

  
Chapter 5: Input and Output.

  
Chapter 6: String Manipulation.

  
Chapter 7: Numbers, Calculations, and Conversions.

  
Chapter 8: Subroutines, Functions, and Modularity.

  
Chapter 9: Debugging and the Trace Facility.

  
Chapter 10: Errors and Condition Trapping.

  
Chapter 11: The External Data Queue, or “Stack”.

  
Chapter 12: Rexx with Style.

  
Chapter 13: Writing Portable Rexx.

  
Chapter 14: Issuing System Commands.

  
Chapter 15: Interfacing to Relational Databases.

  
Chapter 16: Graphical User Interfaces.

  
Chapter 17: Web Programming with CGI and Apache.

  
Chapter 18: XML and Other Interfaces.

  Part II.

  
Chapter 19: Evolution and Implementations.

  
Chapter 20: Regina.

  
Chapter 21: Rexx/imc.

  
Chapter 22: Brexx.

  
Chapter 23: Reginald.

  
Chapter 24: Handhelds and Embedded Programming.

  
Chapter 25: Rexx for Palm OS.

  
Chapter 26: r4 and Object-Oriented roo!

  
Chapter 27: Open Object Rexx.

  
Chapter 28: Open Object Rexx Tutorial.

  
Chapter 29: IBM Mainframe Rexx.

  
Chapter 30: NetRexx.

  Part III.

  
Appendix A: Resources.

  
Appendix B: Instructions.

  
Appendix C: Functions.

  
Appendix D: Regina Extended Functions.

  
Appendix E: Mainframe Extended Functions.

  
Appendix F: Rexx/SQL Functions.

  
Appendix G: Rexx/Tk Functions.

  
Appendix H: Tools, Interfaces, and Packages.

  
Appendix I: Open Object Rexx: Classes and Methods.

  
Appendix J: Mod_Rexx: Functions and Special Variables.

  
Appendix K: NetRexx: Quick Reference.

  
Appendix L: Interpreter System Information.

  
Appendix M: Answers to “Test Your Understanding” Questions.

  
Index.