Upgrading from Server Express

Where to start?

• If you've never used Visual COBOL Development Hub before, see Overview of Application Development.
• See Developing Applications, which contains information about creating applications and about the working mode.
• Watch a Micro Focus YouTube video explaining what the steps are for upgrading from Server Express.
• Explore the available demonstrations for examples of COBOL applications you can create and maintain with Visual COBOL Development Hub.

Reading to import your existing applications?

Once you are familiar with Visual COBOL Development Hub, you can upgrade your applications to it. See the following resources:

• A guide about Upgrading to Visual COBOL Development Hub for an explanation of what you need to install and an overview of the process of upgrading existing applications.
• Read about the differences between Server Express and Visual COBOL.

What next?

Once you have upgraded your applications from Server Express, you can continue to maintain your applications in Visual COBOL as before. You can also employ new technologies such as JVM COBOL and modernize the applications over time. See the following resources for help on getting started with JVM COBOL programming:

• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming for COBOL Developers
• Visual COBOL - A Developer's Guide to Modern COBOL - in PDF format, available from the Micro Focus Web site.