AUDIENCE:   This course is designed for CICS application programmers wanting to understand and take advantage of the CICS TS enhancements up to CICS TS 2.3 PREREQUISITES:   The participant should have understanding of the CICS application programming environment. DURATION:   3 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   This course details the new features of CICS TS 2.3 as they apply to applications programmers. On completion of the course delegates will understand and be able to take best advantage of the new CICS TS enhancements up to CICS TS 2.3 Particular emphasis is placed on The Internet and CICS supplied Web enablement technologies. COURSE CONTENT:   Brief Update Of Changes Up To CICS TS 2.3 Introduction To The z/OS Environment As Applicable To Application Programmers. Availability Affinities Application solutions to affinities Application Related Enhancements From CICS ESA V4 R1 To CICS TS 2.3 DPL/EXCI Temporary Storage Data Tables JAVA, JVM Web/Internet Updates Introduction To The Internet TCP/IP Web Browsers HTTP JavaScript Workshop Html Introduction to Tags, Links HTML, HTML syntax, Forms, Submit etc Code HTML Web page Display Web Page Link multiple web pages Internet Application Design Considerations Applications with separate business and presentation logic Applications without separate presentation logic Transaction construction considerations Web page design Page flow and standards re-using existing applications Security Digital certificates Encryption Accessing CICS URL PORTS ABSOLUTE PATHS Workshop Launching 3270 Transactions From A Web Browser Test CICS Supplied Transactions using the 3270 Bridge Assembling BMS maps to punch out HTML templates Exporting the HTML templates to a PC and displaying the page using a WEB Browser Modifying the HTML text and refreshing the WEB Browser Adding the changes to the BMS code using the new BMS macros Testing the changes Using the 3270 Bridge to run 3270 based transactions Introduction to the CICS WEB INTERFACE from a BMS perspective CICS Web Interface Definitions required to support Applications started from the WEB WEB API commands Workshop Code CICS Command level program using WEB API Test compiled program Summarising The big picture Future advancements WebSphere HTTP SERVER ECommerce/Business