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COBOL

The planned outline of 15 modules. Lessons are written, run and reviewed before they are published.

Coming soon 15 modules

Coming soon. This track is being written. Below is its planned outline: a lesson appears here once its examples have been run and its technical review is signed off.

Planned outline

  1. Module 1

    Start here: COBOL today, its standards, compilers and source format

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  2. Module 2

    Data definitions: PICTURE, levels, MOVE rules and edited output

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  3. Module 3

    Numbers in storage, money arithmetic and dates

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  4. Module 4

    Conditions, loops and structured paragraphs

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  5. Module 5

    Text handling: STRING, UNSTRING, INSPECT and text functions

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  6. Module 6

    Tables: OCCURS, SEARCH and SORT

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  7. Module 7

    Sequential files and the classic batch patterns

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  8. Module 8

    Indexed and relative files (VSAM concepts)

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  9. Module 9

    EBCDIC, record layouts, Unicode and JSON

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  10. Module 10

    Copybooks, subprograms and interoperability

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  11. Module 11

    Errors, debugging and testing

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  12. Module 12

    Mainframe batch concepts: data sets, JCL and compilation (IBM z/OS)

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  13. Module 13

    Db2 and embedded SQL

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  14. Module 14

    CICS online programs (concepts with local business-logic tests)

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  15. Module 15

    Modern tooling, performance and safe change

    Coming soon

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