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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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
- VSCode
- ZOWE
- Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL)
- Computer Programming
- IBM Z
Basic programming
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
COBOL Basics
COBOL Structure and Cross-Program Communication
Defining and Manipulating COBOL Data Names/Types
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- 5 stars78.84%
- 4 stars15.38%
- 3 stars5.12%
- 1 star0.64%
TOP REVIEWS FROM COBOL PROGRAMMING WITH VSCODE
ACCESSIBLE AND FUN INTRO TO COBOL, FIRST TIME WORKING ON A MAINFRAME
I very much enjoyxed this course. I can only echo what I read from the beginning others comments as well. Wonderful presetnation, cool exercises - perfect to start the COBOL journey
Very interesting course with both theory & practice. It is a good starting point to get your hand dirty with COBOL.
It was a good course and covered many fundamental concepts as well as giving hands on experience using Visual Studio and the mainframe.
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