Recommended Duration:  2 Days

Benefits:  Students who complete this course will be able to use the major facilities of the latest COBOL compiler from IBM, in any of its releases (COBOL/370, COBOL for MVS & VM,  COBOL for OS/390 & VM, or Enterprise COBOL for z/OS), creating code that is more efficient and interfaces better with programs written in other languages, with z/OS UNIX, and with newer applications features. This course also provides a survey of new COBOL features as they are introduced for each new version / release.

Audience:  COBOL programmers who need to quickly get up to date with modern COBOL, including using intrinsic functions, what’s available as Language Environment services (including dynamic storage management and an introduction to condition handling) and dynamic file allocation techniques.

Prerequisites:  At the very least, the student entering this course should have a strong programming background in COBOL.

Related IBM Materials:  This course is drawn from these and other IBM manuals; access to these publications in the classroom is desirable but not required:
SA22-7561 – LE Programming Guide
SC27-1408 – COBOL Language Reference
SC27-1412 – COBOL Programming Guide