Professor Tak Auyeung of American River College, said it beautifully, “A programming language is not a fashion statement” it is used for a purpose. Whether it is to add new features, modify logic, create APIs to integrate it into other applications, or implement modern development practices, businesses around the world need application developers who know COBOL.
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COBOL Programming with VSCode
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Approx. 16 hours to complete
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Subtitles: English
What you will learn
Summarize the key features of COBOL program
Recognize the hardware (IBM Z) and software (z/OS) layers that go hand in hand with Enterprise COBOL
Demonstrate an understanding of basic programming fundamentals
Demonstrate an understanding of the modern tooling interface (VSCode w/ ZOWE & Z Open Editor)
Skills you will gain
VSCodeZOWECommon Business Oriented Language (COBOL)Computer ProgrammingIBM Z
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Beginner Level
Basic programming
Approx. 16 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English
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IBM
IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world's most advanced servers and supercomputers. Utilizing its business consulting, technology and R&D expertise, IBM helps clients become "smarter" as the planet becomes more digitally interconnected. IBM invests more than $6 billion a year in R&D, just completing its 21st year of patent leadership. IBM Research has received recognition beyond any commercial technology research organization and is home to 5 Nobel Laureates, 9 US National Medals of Technology, 5 US National Medals of Science, 6 Turing Awards, and 10 Inductees in US Inventors Hall of Fame.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
4 hours to complete
COBOL Basics
4 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 19 min), 3 readings, 6 quizzes
5 videos
VSCode and Extensions2m
What does COBOL syntax look like?4m
What are COBOL Divisions?3m
COBOL Variables5m
3 readings
Lab Exercise Guide for Week 1. Time to do Lab 1!1h
Additional information10m
Week 1, Lab 21h
6 practice exercises
Welcome to COBOL5m
VSCode and Extensions10m
Basic COBOL Syntax10m
COBOL Divisions10m
COBOL Variables10m
Week 1 graded quiz30m
6 hours to complete
COBOL Structure and Cross-Program Communication
6 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 33 min), 4 readings, 8 quizzes
7 videos
File Handling6m
Procedure Division3m
Program Structure6m
What are paragraphs and how do we use them?5m
How do we call another program?2m
File Output and Reports6m
4 readings
Week 2 lab guide. Do proceed to 3.1h
Additional information10m
Week 2, lab 41h
Week 2, lab 51h 10m
8 practice exercises
Data Division10m
File Handling10m
Procedure Division10m
Program Structure10m
Paragraphs30m
Program Linkage10m
File Output and Reports10m
Week 2 graded quiz30m
6 hours to complete
Defining and Manipulating COBOL Data Names/Types
6 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 25 min), 5 readings, 5 quizzes
5 readings
Time for lab 6!1h 10m
Additional information10m
Lab 71h
Lab 81h
Lab 91h
5 practice exercises
Conditional Expressions10m
Arithmetic Expressions10m
Data Types10m
Intrinsic Functions10m
Week 3 graded quiz30m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM COBOL PROGRAMMING WITH VSCODE
by DKJun 10, 2020
The course gives a reasonably good introduction to the COBOL programming language. But it did not actually get learners to write a complete COBOL program. Would that be asking too much?
by APJun 17, 2020
ACCESSIBLE AND FUN INTRO TO COBOL, FIRST TIME WORKING ON A MAINFRAME
by BMJun 29, 2020
excellent course, great content and great labs to work along too.
by BDJun 23, 2020
Less rails next time, teach ISPF and the foreground compiler
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