Murach’s Mainframe COBOL
This course, which is based on the book called Murach’s Mainframe COBOL, will teach the essentials of the COBOL language, reports, file handling, CICS (for transactions) and DB2 (for databases).
What you'll learn
Are looking for employment opportunities with COBOL development? In this course, the learner will get comprehensive instruction on three main themes of COBOL development. First, there will be a look at using the VS Code editor and how to connect this to a live mainframe. This platform will allow for a better understanding of the fundamentals of the language, such as the commands, data structures, and the use of tools like JCL to compile and launch programs. Next, there will be a look at tables, reports and file handling. These are critical for COBOL development since the focus is on business applications. And finally, the course will look at specialized use cases. These include CICS, which allows for real-time processing of user input, and DB2, which is a relational database. At the end of this course, the learner will have the skills and knowledge needed to be a successful entry-level COBOL developer.
Table of contents
- Introduction to COBOL 1m
- Brief Background on COBOL 2m
- Why Use COBOL? 1m
- What Is a Mainframe? 4m
- Review of the Mainframe Operating Systems 2m
- The DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) for the Mainframe 1m
- LPAR (Logical Partition) on the Mainframe 1m
- Batch Processing and Online Transaction Processing for the Mainframe 1m
- Summary 1m
- Overview of COBOL Structure and Statements 5m
- DATA DIVISION 6m
- More About the DATA DIVISION 6m
- PROCEDURE DIVISION 5m
- Math with COBOL 5m
- Loops with COBOL 4m
- Conditionals in COBOL 6m
- Demo: Sales Tax Calculator Part 1 5m
- Demo: Sales Tax Calculator Part 2 3m
- Demo: Investment Calculator 6m
- Summary of COBOL Syntax 2m
- Introduction to Db2 5m
- SQL Basics 5m
- Embedded SQL 3m
- Joins 2m
- Introduction to CICS 3m
- Pseudo Conversational Programming 2m
- Developing a CICS Program 2m
- Executing the Interface Block and the DFHAI Copy Member 2m
- CICS Inquiry Program 2m
- BMS Mapset 3m
- The Symbolic Map 2m
- The Structure Chart 2m
- Demo: Create Tables and Use SQL in Db2 5m
- Summary 2m
About the author
Tom Taulli (@ttaulli) is the author of AI-Assisted Programming: Better Planning, Coding, Testing, and Deployment (https://amzn.to/48qeAa9). He has been programming since he was in high school, when he wrote computer programs for magazines (yes, in the 1980s, there were publications that had code listings!). When he got into college, he started a company that sold Windows software for exam preparation. He then founded other companies like Hypermart.net – which was the mid-1990s version of Shopif... more