Learning COBOL Programming with VSCode
This introductory COBOL course helps a novice learn the Structure of COBOL programs, Data types & Variable Handling, Intrinsic Functions, Branching logic and more. The goal of the course is to enable the participant to be able to write basic COBOL programs. This is a fantastic complement to the IBM z/OS Practitioner path for the IBM Mainframe.
What you'll learn
This introductory COBOL course helps a novice learn the Structure of COBOL programs, Data types & Variable Handling, Intrinsic Functions, Branching logic and more. The goal of the course is to enable the participant to be able to write basic COBOL programs. This is a fantastic complement to the IBM z/OS Practitioner path for the IBM Mainframe. This course includes readings, quizzes, and lab exercises accompanying the video course. You will need 15-16 hours to complete this course. Join the COBOL Fridays web series. These webinars are curated for first-time programmers, lifelong learners, and anyone who's interested in learning COBOL: ibm.biz/cfpluralsight
Table of contents
- Learning Objectives 0m
- Data Division 2m
- Successful vs. Unsuccessful Job Execution 0m
- File Handling 6m
- Additional Information 2 0m
- Procedure Division 4m
- Reading Records 0m
- Program Structure 6m
- Paragraphs 6m
- Program Linkage 2m
- File Output and Reports 6m
- Generating Reports 0m
- Questions - COBOL Structure and Cross-Program Communication 0m
- Answers - COBOL Structure and Cross-Program Communication 0m
- Learning Objectives 0m
- Conditional Expressions 7m
- Editing Reports 0m
- Additional Information 3 0m
- Arithmetic Expressions 6m
- Implementing Trailers 0m
- Data Types 5m
- Working with COMP-3 0m
- Intrinsic Functions 6m
- Intrinsic Functions 0m
- Closing 1m
- Assessment - Defining and Manipulating COBOL Data Names/Types 0m
- Answers - Defining and Manipulating COBOL Data Names/Types 0m
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