Introduction to Application Programming (z/OS) - Topical Outline

Day One

Introduction To Application Programming
   APPLICATION
   The Application Programmer's Job
   Platforms
   Program functions
   Program design
   The Output - Describing What We Want
   The Input - Describing What We've Got
   Data
   Data organizing
   Pseudo-descriptions
   Exercise: Describing data

Program Design
   Computer Systems Organization
   Buffers and Work Areas
   Pseudo-Code
   Goto
   Loops
   Conditions
   The End of File Condition
   A Sample Program
   Exercise: Designing a Program

Testing
   Pseudo-Testing - Playing Computer
   Padding / Filler
   Initial Values
   Coding - Converting Your Design to Code
   Sample Code
    COBOL
    PL/I
    C
    Assembler
   Exercise: Pseudo-Testing and Finalizing the Design    

The Next Steps
   TSO
   ISPF
   Keying in Your Code
   Making Your Code Executable
   Running Programs
   Testing Your Program
   Error Handling
   Cutting Over
   Mainentance

Day Two

Behind The Scenes - Hardware
   Modern IBM Mainframe Computer System
   A CPU and Memory
   Binary - The Language of Computers
   Exercise: Number Conversions

   Computer Memory
   Data Representation
   Hexadecimal
   Exercise: Number Conversions

   Data Formats
   Memory Addressing

Behind The Scenes - Data
   Tape Layout
   A Sequential Data Set
   DASD Concepts
   A Partitioned Data Set
   A Catalog

Behind The Scenes - Software
   Virtual Storage Concepts
   z/OS Architecture
   Batch Application Environments
   Online Application Environments

   What's Next?

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