This course is part of the IBM Mainframe Developer Professional Certificate

Erik Herman

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IBM

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Welcome to IBM COBOL – Basic Testing and Debugging! By enrolling in this course, you are taking a big step in increasing your knowledge and hands on experience with IBM COBOL testing and debugging topics and technologies. In this course, you will describe common errors associated with working with COBOL. You will list file status codes. You will also describe the process of debugging COBOL code. So let’s get started!

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Approx. 14 hours to complete

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Erik Herman

5,107 Learners

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Welcome to IBM COBOL - Basic Testing and Debugging

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 7 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Common COBOL Errors

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 6 min), 5 readings, 5 quizzes

8 videos

Module 2 Introduction and Objectives33s

Run-Time Errors37s

Run-Time Errors in Your Reading25s

File Status Codes1m

File Status Codes in Your Reading37s

Common COBOL Errors1m

Common COBOL Errors in Your Reading37s

Module 2 Completed Objectives11s

5 readings

IBM z/OS: Interpreting Runtime Messages10m

File Status Codes: Frequently Faced Mainframe Errors and Abends10m

Enterprise COBOL for z/OS: Handling Errors in Input and Output Operations10m

Hands-On Lab: Access Mainframe with TSO ISPF10m

Self-Guided Lab – SDSF Tutorial10m

4 practice exercises

Run-Time Errors30m

File Status Codes30m

Common COBOL Errors30m

Module 2 Graded Quiz30m

Week

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Testing

3 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 6 min), 3 readings, 4 quizzes

8 videos

Module 3 Introduction and Objectives42s

COBOL Compile Options1m

COBOL Compile Options in Your Reading41s

Mainframe Unit Testing1m

Mainframe Unit Testing in Your Reading27s

Test Driven Development (TDD)59s

Test Driven Development (TDD) in Your Reading25s

Module 3 Completed Objectives16s

3 readings

On Compiler Error Messages: What They Say and What They Mean10m

Automation Tools for Mainframe Testing10m

What is Test Driven Development (TDD)?10m

4 practice exercises

COBOL Compile Options30m

Mainframe Unit Testing30m

Test Driven Development (TDD)30m

Module 3 Graded Quiz30m

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Debugging

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 7 min), 4 readings, 5 quizzes

8 videos

Module 4 Introduction and Objectives43s

Detect, Diagnose, Eliminate2m

Detect, Diagnose, Eliminate in Your Reading25s

COBOL Debugging Options56s

COBOL Debugging Options in Your Reading59s

IBM z/OS Debugger53s

IBM z/OS Debugger in Your Reading25s

Module 4 Completed Objectives15s

4 readings

How to Debug for Absolute Beginners10m

Enterprise COBOL for z/OS: Debugging10m

Make z/OS Debugging Easier with the IBM Debugger Profile Service10m

Hands-On Lab: Testing and Debugging on the Mainframe10m

4 practice exercises

Detect, Diagnose, Eliminate30m

COBOL Debugging Options30m

IBM z/OS Debugger30m

Module 4 Graded Quiz30m

About the IBM Mainframe Developer Professional Certificate

Gain the job-ready skills for an entry-level mainframe programming role. Mainframe computers continue to power many mission-critical, financial, banking, and government agency systems. There are 220 billion lines of COBOL in use today. 43% of banking systems are built on COBOL, and 95% percent of ATM swipes rely on COBOL code.¹

COBOL is scalable, mature, and self-documenting. You'll learn about COBOL from its birth and through its evolution. You'll learn new features and aspects of the language, while also getting hands-on experience to increase your knowledge and abilities with COBOL as a whole. You’ll work with a variety of IBM, COBOL, and mainframe assets, project scenarios, including COBOL programming basics, TSO, ISPF, gaining practical experience with mainframe data management and software development techniques. This Professional Certificate does not require any prior programming skills and is suitable for learners without college degrees. Upon successful completion of this program, you’ll have analyzed the real-world mainframe environment, reviewed mainframe assets and data, and presented and created a software development plan, giving you the confidence and the portfolio to begin a career as a mainframe programmer. ¹Reuters Graphics: COBOL Blues

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