We provide a unique set of courses: here are some of our offerings that you cannot find from any other training organization:

COBOL
Assembler
PL/I
Language Environment (LE)
DB2
z/OS UNIX
DFSORT
Dialog Manager, REXX, and TSO interfaces

• COBOL:
  • Enterprise COBOL Update: - a complete survey of changes in IBM COBOL compilers for z/OS, from COBOL II through the latest Enterprise COBOL compiler, including hands on labs for many features
  • Enterprise COBOL: Unicode and XML Support - deep exploration of how to use COBOL programs to process files encoded in Unicode (and ASCII), as well as how to process (parse, validate, and generate) XML files from COBOL programs
  • Our traditional COBOL courses are based on the latest COBOL compiler (Enterprise COBOL V4R2), not some out-of-support compiler like COBOL II:
          * Structured COBOL Workshop for Enterprise COBOL
          * Advanced Topics in COBOL (Enterprise, z/OS)
          * more

Also note that our DB2 programming courses, our CICS programming courses, our LE courses, and some of our z/OS UNIX courses support COBOL in lectures and labs

• Assembler Language (for Application programmers):
  • z/OS Assembler Programming Part 3: Update - covers enhancements to the instruction set introduced by machines in the 1990's and the High Level Assembler (HLASM) V1R3
  • z/OS Assembler Programming Part 4: z/Architecture and z/OS - covers enhancements to the instruction set introduced by machines in the 21st Century and the High Level Assembler (HLASM) V1R4, V1R5, and V1R6

Also note that our DB2 programming courses, our CICS programming courses, our LE courses, and some of our z/OS UNIX courses support Assembler in lectures and labs

• PL/I:
  • Almost no one offers PL/I programming courses anymore, but we offer traditional PL/I courses that are based on the latest Enterprise PL/I compiler:
          * Structured PL/I Coding Workshop
          * Advanced Topics in PL/I and
          * more

Also note that our DB2 programming courses, our CICS programming courses, our LE courses, and some of our z/OS UNIX courses support PL/I in lectures and labs

• Language Environment (LE):
  • Using LE Services in z/OS - a thorough introduction and survey of LE and its callable services; lectures and labs in Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, C (each student takes their pick)
  • Cross Program Communication in z/OS - how to define, initialize, and work with data items (elementary, structures, and arrays), how to call subroutines (statically and dynamically), pass parameters and receive arguments, in the mix of languages of the student's choice (from Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, and C) as well as working with the program binder (nee Linkage Editor)
  • Creating and Using DLLs in z/OS - how to create DLL programs and DLL applications, how to invoke DLL routines and access DLL data items; all labs are written in the mix of languages of the student's choice (from Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, and C)

• DB2:
  • DB2: Greatest Hits - how to use the most practical and useful features of DB2 V8 and V9, all in one course
  • DB2 Native SQL Stored Procedures - how to code and invoke stored procedures using Native SQL
  • DB2 and XML - how to create, access, and update XML data in DB2 tables

• z/OS UNIX:
  • Introduction to z/OS UNIX - fundamental concepts, over 60 commands, and hosting a web site on z/OS (without WebSphere)
  • Shell Script Programming in z/OS UNIX - additional commands, shell scripts, using sed to convert flat files into HTML pages
  • You and z/OS and the World Wide Web - in depth instruction in creating HTML and XHTML pages, including links and anchors, tables, cookies, framesets, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the Document Object Model (DOM), ECMAScript (a.k.a. JavaScript), forms and controls, client side mapping, and more
  • Developing Applications for z/OS UNIX - writing programs in Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, and C designed to run under the z/OS UNIX shell, assembling, compiling, and linking under the shell, make and makefiles
  • Introduction to CGIs on z/OS - concepts and examples of CGI (Common Gateway Interface) programs and scripts, used to complement serving static web pages from z/OS
  • Writing z/OS CGIs in Assembler - concrete examples and coding issues for writing CGIs to support your z/OS-hosted website in Assembler language
  • Writing z/OS CGIs in COBOL - concrete examples and coding issues for writing CGIs to support your z/OS-hosted website in COBOL

• DFSORT and ICETOOL:
  • Using DFSORT and ICETOOL - the only course available that covers all the features of the IBM DFSORT product, including its ICETOOL utility program

• Dialog Manager, REXX, and TSO interfaces:
  • Developing Dialog Manager Applications in z/OS - using REXX or CLIST for driving the application, we discuss dialog variables, panel definition, panel processing, ISPF tables, file tailoring and skeletons, and much more
  • Introduction to TSO and REXX APIs - how to invoke TSO commands and services from compiled programs and REXX execs, how to invoke REXX services from compiled programs; includes lecture and labs for Assembler, COBOL, PL/I, and C

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