What you need to know to understand this book

To configure FEPI, you need to be familiar with all aspects of CICS® administration (such as system definition, resource definition, customization, and operations) and the programming interface to CICS. For information about CICS system definition, see the CICS System Definition Guide. For information about defining resources to CICS, see the CICS Resource Definition Guide. For programming information about customizing CICS, see the CICS Customization Guide. For programming information about EXEC CICS commands, see the CICS Application Programming Reference and the CICS System Programming Reference. You should also be familiar with the IBM® ACF/VTAM telecommunication access method and, if you are accessing IMS™ back-end systems, with IBM IMS/VS or IBM IMS/ESA® administration.

To write FEPI "front-end" applications, you need to know how to write programs in at least one of the programming languages that CICS supports. More importantly, you also need knowledge of data communication and protocols. And, if you will be accessing IMS back-end systems, you must also be familiar with using IMS and writing IMS applications.

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