Cobol tools: overview and taxonomy

One of the biggest challenges post-Y2K is legacy renewal, yet many developers have no idea of the number of tools available. The four tools highlighted here represent a range of legacy renewal options, from new GUI front ends to creating components. The tool taxonomy list covers more than 100 tools in various categories along with their URLs. The four main tools considered are: Flexus Cobol sp2, Merant Net Express, Netron Hotrod, and Transoft Component Framework; they represent a cross-sampling of the types of tools available for working with Cobol.