Book List for Rexx, Object Rexx, and NetRexx |
Published books, manuals, and papers on Rexx, Object Rexx, and NetRexx
This is a list of published (i.e., generally available) books, manuals, and papers from scientific journals that are closely associated with the Rexx language or one of its implementations or derivatives.
Please send any additions, corrections, etc. to Mike Cowlishaw (mfc@vnet.ibm.com).
This list is in three parts, each ordered roughly chronologically by first edition:
| Recent changes are marked by change bars, as on this line.
Modern Programming Using REXX -- Robert P. O'Hara and David R. Gomberg In English: ISBN 0-13-597311-2 Prentice-Hall, 1985 ISBN 0-13-579329-5 (Second edition), 1988 (From REXXPress, REXXPress@wcf.com) The REXX Language -- M. F. Cowlishaw In English: ISBN 0-13-780735-X Prentice-Hall, 1985 ISBN 0-13-780651-5 (Second edition), 1990 In German: ISBN 3-446-15195-8 Carl Hanser Verlag, 1988 ISBN 0-13-780784-8 P-H International, 1988 In Japanese: ISBN 4-7649-0136-6 Kindai-kagaku-sha, 1988 Personal REXX User's Guide (PC-DOS and OS/2 REXX) version 2.0 Mansfield Software Group, Inc., 1985-1990 ARexx User's Reference Manual (The REXX Language for the Amiga) William S. Hawes, 1987 uniREXX Reference Manual (REXX for a variety of Unix systems) The Workstation Group, 1990 Proceedings of the REXX Symposium for Developers and Users SLAC Report-368, 235pp, June 11, 1990 REXX In the TSO Environment -- Gabriel F. Gargiulo ISBN 0-89435-354-3, QED Information Systems Inc., Order #CC3543; 320pp, 1990 Revised edition: ISBN 0-89435-418-3, QED Information Systems Inc., 471pp, 1993 Practical Usage of REXX -- Anthony S. Rudd ISBN 0-13-682790-X, Ellis Horwood (Simon & Schuster), 1990 Personal REXX User's Guide (PC-DOS and OS/2 REXX) version 3.0 Quercus Systems, 268pp, 1991 Portable/REXX for MS/DOS (Guide, Reference manual, Examples Reference, Reference Summary, and Learning to Program with Portable/REXX) REXX/Windows (Product Guide and Reference) Keith Watts, Kilowatt Software, 1991 Proceedings of the REXX Symposium for Developers and Users SLAC Report-379, 244pp, May 8-9, 1991 Using ARexx on the Amiga -- Chris Zamara and Nick Sullivan ISBN 1-55755-114-6, 424pp+diskette, Abacus, 1991 The REXX Handbook -- Edited by Gabe Goldberg and Phil Smith III ISBN 0-07-023682-8, 672pp, McGraw Hill, 1991 Amiga Programmer's Guide to ARexx -- Eric Giguere Commodore-Amiga, Inc., 1991 Programming in REXX -- Charles Daney ISBN 0-07-015305-1, 300pp, McGraw Hill, 1992 Proceedings of the REXX Symposium for Developers and Users SLAC Report-401, 401pp, May 3-5, 1992 The ARexx Cookbook -- Merrill Callaway ISBN 0-9632773-0-8, 221pp, Whitestone, 1992 (Companion diskette: ISBN 0-9632773-1-6) Command Language Cookbook -- Hallett German ISBN 0-442-00801-5, 352pp, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992 Personal REXX User's Guide, Version 3.0 -- OS/2 Supplement Quercus Systems, 94pp, 1992 REXX--Advanced Techniques for Programmers -- Peter C. Kiesel ISBN 0-07-034600-3, 239pp, McGraw Hill, 1993 REXX Tools and Techniques -- Barry K. Nirmal ISBN 0-89435-417-5, 264pp, QED, 1993 VisPro/REXX (Visual programming with REXX) Hockware Inc, 196pp, 1993 REXX in der Praxis -- Peter Kees ISBN 3-486-22666-5, 279pp, Oldenbourg, 1993 VX-Rexx for OS/2 (Programmer's Guide and Reference) 2.0 ISBN 1-55094-074-0 Watcom International Corp., 724pp, 1993 REXX Reference Summary Handbook (OS/2) -- Dick Goran ISBN 0-9639854-0-X C F S Nevada, Inc, 102pp, 1993. ISBN 0-9639854-1-8 (second edition), 148pp, 1994. ISBN 0-9639854-2-6 (third edition, for Warp), 208pp, 1995. ISBN 0-9639854-3-4 (fourth edition, for Warp 4), 270pp, 1997. OS/2 2.1 REXX Handbook: Basics, Applications, and Tips -- Hallett German ISBN 0442-01734-0, 459pp, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993 Proceedings of the REXX Symposium for Developers and Users SLAC Report-422, 247pp, May 18-20, 1993 Mastering OS/2 REXX -- Gabriel F. Gargiulo ISBN 0-471-51901-4, 417pp, Wiley-QED, 1994 Application Development Using OS/2 REXX -- Anthony S. Rudd ISBN 0-471-60691-X, 416pp, Wiley-QED, 1994 Writing VX-Rexx Programs -- Ronny Richardson ISBN 0-07911-911-5, 336pp+CD-ROM, McGraw-Hill, 1994 Teach Yourself REXX in 21 Days -- William F. Schindler & Esther Schindler ISBN 0-672-30529-1, 527pp, SAMS, 1994 Writing OS/2 REXX Programs -- Ronny Richardson ISBN 0-07052-372-X, 390pp, McGraw-Hill, 1994 REXX Procedursprak--hur du programmerar din PC med OS/2 -- Bengt Kynning ISBN 91-44-48541-7, 300pp, Studentlitteratur (Sweden), 1994 The REXX Cookbook -- Merrill Callaway ISBN 0-9632773-4-0, 319pp, Whitestone, 1995 ISBN 0-9632773-5-9 The REXX files (Companion disk) Yasashii Rexx Nyumon (Introduction to Easy Rexx) -- Fumito Yamada ISBN 4-88648-434-4, Tokyo: Daiwa Art/Di Art, diskette, 1995 ISPF/REXX Development for Experienced Programmers -- Lou Marco ISBN 1-878956-50-7, 201pp, diskette, CBM Books, Ft. Washington, PA, 1995 REXX ni Yoru OS/2 Nyumon (Introduction to OS/2 via REXX) -- Naohiko Yamashita ISBN 4-7898-3562-6 Tokyo: CQ Shuppan, 1996 REXX Jiyu Jizai (Handy with REXX) -- Takanori Seki ISBN 4-7819-0810-1 Tokyo: Science-sha, 1996 Object REXX by Example -- Gwen L. Veneskey et al. ISBN 0-9652329-0-5, 331pp+disk, Aviar Inc. (+1-412-488-9730), 1996 Practical Usage of MVS REXX -- Anthony S. Rudd ISBN 3-540-19952-7, 310pp, Springer-Verlag, 1996 Object REXX for OS/2 Warp: Rexx Bytes Objects Now -- Trevor Turton et al. ISBN 0-13-273467-2, 320pp+disk, Prentice-Hall, 1997 Das REXX Lexikon -- Gerd Leibrock ISBN 3-486-23672-5, 598pp, Oldenbourg Verlag, 1997 The NetRexx Language -- M. F. Cowlishaw ISBN 0-13-806332-X, 197pp, Prentice-Hall, 1997 Object Oriented Programming with REXX -- Tom Ender ISBN 0-471-11844-3, 253 pp, Wiley Computer Publishing, diskette, 1997 Object REXX for Windows NT and Windows 95 -- Ueli Wahli et al ISBN 0-13-858028-6, 490pp+disk, Prentice-Hall, 1997 | REXX OS/2, TSO and CMS Features Quick Reference -- Gabe Gargiulo | MVS Training, Inc., 1999 (http://www.mvs-training.com) | Down to Earth REXX -- William F. (Bill) Schindler | ISBN 0-9677590-0-5, 507pp, Perfect Niche Software, 2000 | Practical Usage of TSO REXX -- Anthony S. Rudd ISBN 1-85233-261-1, 324pp, Springer-Verlag, 2000
The Design of the REXX Language -- M. F. Cowlishaw IBM Systems Journal, Vol 23, No. 4, 1984, pp326-335 Offprints can be ordered from IBM, number: G321-5228 REXX on TSO/E -- G. E. Hoernes IBM Systems Journal, Vol 28, No. 2, 1989, pp274-293 Offprints can be ordered from IBM, number: G321-5359 Partial Compilation of REXX -- R. Y. Pinter, P. Vortman, and Z. Weiss IBM Systems Journal, Vol 30, No. 3, 1991, pp312-321 Offprints can be ordered from IBM, number: G321-5437 The programming language standards scene, ten years on. Paper 20: Rexx -- Brian Marks Computer Standards & Interfaces 16, 1994 (Elsevier), pp555-557 The Early History of REXX -- Mike Cowlishaw IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (ISSN 1058-6180) Vol 16, No. 4, Winter 1994, pp15-24 NetRexx -- an alternative for writing Java classes -- Mike Cowlishaw Proceedings of IEEE CompCon 97, ISBN 0-8186-7804-6, pp200-205, IEEE Press, Los Alamitos, Spring 1997 | A Syllabus for Introducing MBA Students to Procedural and Object- | oriented Programming (Object Rexx) -- Rony G. Flatscher | Proceedings of the Association for Information Systems, Americas | Conference, Milwaukee, August 13-15, 1999.
These should be available through usual IBM channels, such as your local IBM Branch Office:
ZB35-5100 The REXX Language, 2nd Ed. -- Cowlishaw (see below) SC26-4358 SAA CPI: Procedures Language Reference (Level 1) SC24-5549 SAA CPI: REXX Level 2 Reference G511-1430 IBM REXX Compiler and Library/370: Introducing the Next Step in REXXSH19-8160 REXX/370 (Compiler and Library/370): User's Guide and Reference SK2T1402 REXX/370 Compiler and Library V1R2.0 Online Product Library LY19-6264 IBM REXX Compiler and Library/370: Diagnosis Guide SB20-0020 The REXX Handbook -- Ed. Goldberg & Smith (see below) | SR23-8926 The NetRexx Language -- M. F. Cowlishaw | SG24-2216 Creating Java Applications Using NetRexx -- U. Wahli et al
SC24-5239 VM/SP: System Product Interpreter Reference SC24-5238 VM/SP: System Product Interpreter User's Guide SX24-5126 VM/SP: System Product Interpreter Reference Summary SB09-1326 VM/SP: System Product Interpreter Reference (Chinese) SB09-1325 VM/SP: System Product Interpreter User's Guide (Chinese) GG22-9361 The System Product Interpreter (REXX) Examples and Techniques -- Brodock SC12-1599 VM/SP: System Product Interpreter Handbuch (German: SC24-5239, July 1984) SC24-5357 VM/IS: Writing Simple Programs with REXX SC23-0374 VM/XA: System Product Interpreter Reference SC23-0375 VM/XA: System Product Interpreter User's Guide GH19-8118 CMS REXX Compiler General Information SH19-8120 CMS REXX Compiler User's Guide & Reference LY19-6262 CMS REXX Compiler Diagnosis Guide LN19-9048 CMS REXX Compiler Diagnosis Guide TNL SH19-8146 CMS REXX Compiler User's Guide and Reference - Supplement GC24-5406 VM/SP: Program Update Info. -- REXX Language Enhancements LYC0-9075 VM/ESA: V1: REXX/370 LISTING SC24-5598 VM/ESA: R2: REXX/VM Primer SC24-5465 VM/ESA: R2.2: REXX/VM User's Guide SC24-5466 VM/ESA: R2.2: REXX/VM Reference ST00-8323 VM/ESA: R2.2: REXX/VM Reference Summary (SX24-5251) GC24-5607 VM/ESA: R2.2: REXX/EXEC Migration Tool SG24-2542 VM/ESA GUI Facility Developer's Guide; REXX and C++ GUI SC28-1882 TSO/E V2R1.1 REXX User's Guide SC28-1883 TSO/E Version 2 REXX/MVS Reference SC23-3803 Using REXX to Access OpenEdition MVS Services | SC31-8231 TME 10 NetView for OS/390 V1R2 Customization: Using REXX | SC28-1905 OS/390 Using REXX and OS/390 UNIX System Services | SC28-1975 OS/390 V2R10.0 TSO/E REXX Reference | SC28-1974 OS/390 V2R9.0-R10.0 TSO/E REXX User's Guide [See http://www.s390.ibm.com/os390/bkserv/r10pdf/tsoe.html] S01F-0271 OS/2 Version 1.3 Procedures Language 2/REXX Reference S01F-0272 OS/2 Version 1.3 Procedures Language 2/REXX User's Guide S10G-6268 OS/2 (Version 2.0) Procedures Language 2/REXX Reference S10G-6269 OS/2 (Version 2.0) Procedures Language 2/REXX User's Guide SR28-5250 OS/2 (Version 2.1) REXX Handbook GG24-4199 OS/2 REXX: From Bark to Byte (Redbook) SR28-5884 The REXX Cookbook -- Merrill Callaway | S246-0078 REXX Reference Summary Handbook -- Dick Goran | SG24-4586 Object REXX for OS/2 (Turton et al) SC24-5512 AS/400 Procedures Language 400/REXX Reference SC24-5513 AS/400 Procedures Language 400/REXX Programmer's Guide SC24-5552 AS/400 Procedures Language 400/REXX Reference, Version 2 SC24-5553 AS/400 Procedures Language 400/REXX Programmer's Guide, V 2 SBOF-6819 OS/400: REXX/400 Support SC33-6528 VSE/ESA: REXX/VSE User's Guide SC33-6529 VSE/ESA: REXX/VSE Reference LY33-9144 VSE/ESA: REXX/VSE Diagnosis Reference GC33-6533 VSE/ESA: REXX/VSE Licensed Program Specifications SK2T-0063 VSE/ESA: REXX/VSE V1R1 Online Product Library SC33-6642 VSE/ESA: VSE/REXX Reference (VSE Central functions) SC24-5708 AIX/6000: AIX REXX/6000 Reference SH24-5286 IBM REXX for Netware Reference Guide SH21-0482 REXX Development System for CICS/ESA and REXX Runtime Facility for CICS/ESA Guide and Reference | S83G-9228 PC DOS 7: REXX User's Guide and Reference | SG24-4825 Object REXX for Windows NT/95 (Ueli Wahli et al)
GG24-1615 Using REXX in Practice: EXEC2 to REXX Conversion Experiences GG24-3401 REXX/EXEC Migration To VM/XA SP SC33-0478 GDDM REXX Guide SR21-0864 SRA VM Using the CMS System Product Interpreter SH20-7051 VM/SP System Product Interpreter: SQL/Data System Interface: Program Description/Operations Manual GG66-3144 NetView Release 3: REXX Presentation Guide -- Gibbons & Quigley SC31-6135 NetView Customization -- Writing Command Lists GG66-3158 CMS Pipelines Tutorial -- Hartmann, Kraines, and Lynn GR28-2920 CUA 2001 VM Applications Core Functions Programmer's Reference Guide (CUA support for VM REXX applications) SC23-3803 Using REXX to Access OpenEdition MVS Services | SC23-3501 OS/390 Internet BonusPak II: Web Programming
Please send any additions or corrections to:
Mike Cowlishaw