IBM COBOL
MVS & VM Coding Fundamentals
The 1-day course, "IBM COBOL for MVS & VM Coding Fundamentals," is designed to provide participants with additional skills in COBOL programming for Mainframe Virtual Storage (MVS) and Virtual Machine (VM) environments.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Implement file handling, data transfer, and PERFORM statements in COBOL programs.
- Identify compiler outputs and options for optimal program performance.
Prerequisites:
- Strong understanding of COBOL programming
- Ability to set up VM for COBOL
- Experience in writing COBOL code
- Comprehension of algorithms
Course Outline:
- PERFORM Statements in COBOL
- Types of PERFORM statements
- Nested and inline PERFORMs
- Implementing loops and conditional execution
- Compiler Outputs and Options
- Understanding compiler outputs
- Interpreting error messages
- Utilizing compiler options for optimal performance
- Advanced COBOL Coding Techniques
- Working with tables and arrays
- Implementing subprograms and functions
- Utilizing SORT and SEARCH operations
- Exercise: Developing a more complex COBOL program
- Best Practices and Debugging Techniques
- COBOL programming best practices
- Debugging and troubleshooting COBOL programs
- Course Review and Q&A
Practical, connected learning
My wider training approach brings hands-on implementation and systems thinking together, connecting technology with real operational needs.