The easiest (and recommended) way of writing COBOL and Java components is to develop your applications on Net Express, then to publish the result to your target UNIX system. Working in this way enables you to take advantage of Net Express features such as the Class Wizard and Method Wizard, which greatly simplify the process of creating COBOL classes. This book assumes that you are developing your COBOL and Java applications on Net Express using the Class and Method Wizards, then publishing the results to your UNIX system.