COBOL is a programming language that serves a wide range of businesses. Key aspects of COBOL are that it is scalable, mature, and self-documenting.
IBM COBOL Basics
IBM COBOL Basics
This course is part of IBM Mainframe Developer Professional Certificate
Instructor: Erik Herman
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There are 4 modules in this course
Welcome to your first module in IBM COBOL Basics! This module will take the beginning steps in learning and using COBOL. As we navigate through, you will learn about the birth of COBOL, the purpose of COBOL, and who uses COBOL. We will then move to learning about the divisions of COBOL, its structure, and the purpose of the compiler.
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5 videos6 readings3 assignments1 app item2 discussion prompts1 plugin
Congratulations on making it through your first module! In this module, we’ll work on records of fixed and variable sizes, COBOL hierarchy, and clauses, wrapping up with some hands-on COBOL coding.
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2 videos3 readings1 assignment2 plugins
In this module we are going to get right to work and learn about scope terminators and how they’re used. Learn to code the Initialize statement and its purpose. Utilize I/O statements, move statements, use return-code, and compile and link simple programs.
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3 videos2 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin
Welcome to module four! Congratulations on making it to our final module of the course! In this module we learn the arithmetic behind COBOL, use of symbols and why they’re important for enhanced pictures, and perform data editing with numbers.
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3 videos2 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
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MA
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Reviewed on Jun 28, 2023
Thank a lot to the instructor for this course but I would like to know which COBOL Version he used in the course?
RC
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Reviewed on Mar 6, 2023
I feel equipped with the basics to move foward. Thank you so much!
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Reviewed on Apr 28, 2023
The course was amazing, Hats off to the team for adding this much amount of information in this basic course.
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