Micro Focus Net Express University Edition 5.001

Micro Focus Net Express University Edition is an academic-licensed version of the Micro Focus Net Express COBOL development environment. It provides students and educators with an integrated IDE, compiler, and debugger for building, testing, and maintaining COBOL applications on Windows. Designed for teaching and self-study, it simplifies coursework with curated examples, documentation, and tools that help learners explore procedural and object-oriented COBOL, file handling, and structured program design. The University Edition is intended for education-only, non-commercial use.

Key capabilities:

• Integrated editor and COBOL compiler with syntax checking and project/build management
• Interactive debugging with step-through execution, watches, and breakpoints
• Data file utilities for creating, viewing, and converting indexed and sequential files
• Sample projects and learning materials tailored to academic scenarios
• Support for building console and Windows-based COBOL applications

Benefits for academia:

• A consistent, classroom-ready environment that reduces setup time
• Practical, hands-on experience with tools used in enterprise COBOL development
• A clear path for learners to progress from fundamentals to more advanced COBOL concepts

Developer: Micro Focus

Micro Focus Net Express University Edition is developed by Micro Focus. The most popular version of this product among our users is 5.0.