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Mainframe: The Complete COBOL Course From Beginner To Expert

Become an Expert on COBOL Programs by coding it. Run COBOL Programs with JCL. Basic TSO/ISPF operations are also covered
Bestseller
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (743 ratings)
4,493 students
Created by Sandeep Kumar
Last updated 1/2021
English
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Execute COBOL Program with confidence
  • Develop COBOL Programs along the way as you take the program
  • Build a strong knowledge base on COBOL from Scratch to Advanced level
  • To be able to clear the Job interviews on Cobol
  • Programmed to debug the program and to check for any errors for a program
  • Advance, boost and expand the skill set on COBOL if you have a fair understanding of COBOL
  • Redesign and code a Particular program in multiple ways
  • This course does not include VSAM.
  • This Course also include a section on COBOL-DB2 and I have coded some COBOL DB2 Programs as well.
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Course content

14 sections • 92 lectures • 9h 30m total length

  • Preview02:36
  • Important Information about this Course
    01:49
  • Preview03:28
  • Structure of a COBOL Program
    08:11
  • Coding Rules in COBOL
    06:28
  • Preview12:33

  • Understand background connection between Local Operating system and Mainframe
    09:15
  • Let us connect to MVS 3.8 on our Local computer
    12:32
  • Common Question which students ask about MVS 3.8J Tur(n)key
    00:51
  • Connect to Modern Mainframe server using an IP address other than localhost
    03:11

  • Variables, Literals and Figurative Constants
    07:37
  • Data Types in COBOL
    17:31
  • Lets understand about the General Level Numbers in COBOL
    04:39
  • Advance(Special) Level Numbers
    03:46
  • Explore a program with various level numbers in Detail
    10:49
  • DISPLAY and MOVE in COBOL
    14:37
  • ACCEPT in COBOL
    01:08
  • Relation of ACCEPT statement with SYSIN and SYSOUT Parameter of JCL
    06:07
  • Preview07:58

  • Basic commands to start with
    08:11
  • Let us create datasets (PS and PDS) - Optional
    11:17
  • SPOOL - Analyse the process where you can see the output of your program
    08:50

  • Arithmetic Operations - ADD
    05:00
  • Lets code an Example of ADD statement
    03:10
  • Arithmetic Operation - SUBTRACT
    04:29
  • Arithmetic Operation - MULTIPLY
    05:53
  • Arithmetic Operations - DIVIDE
    03:20
  • Example of DIVIDE in COBOL
    05:15
  • COMPUTE in COBOL
    02:47
  • Examples of COMPUTE in COBOL
    07:41

  • IF-ELSE Statement
    04:55
  • Example of IF-ELSE statement in COBOL
    09:17
  • Lets understand the EVALUATE statement in COBOL
    02:20
  • Different Types of EVALUATE statements
    04:19
  • Example of EVALUATE Statement - Part 1
    06:11
  • Example of EVALUATE Statement - Part 2
    07:44
  • Different Types of PERFORM statements
    06:17
  • Examples of PERFORM Statements
    11:08

  • Lets understand what is Internal Table in COBOL-ARRAYS
    09:50
  • Lets create a 1-Dimensional Array with confidence.
    06:23
  • Lets create a 2-Dimensional Array with confidence.
    12:00
  • INDEXED BY in Arrays
    08:24
  • SUBSCRIPT in Arrays
    05:23
  • Difference between INDEX and SUBSCRIPT
    01:36

  • Understanding SEARCH and SEARCH-ALL
    02:21
  • Lets code a Program to execute SEARCH-ALL Operation
    06:57

  • What is String operations in COBOL
    01:20
  • Lets understand STRING operation in detail
    03:47
  • Lets Code a Program to perform STRING Operation
    06:24
  • Lets Explore STRING operation further
    02:23
  • Lets Understand UNSTRING Operation
    04:15
  • Lets analyse a sample UNSTRING Program
    02:26
  • Lets Explore UNSTRING Operation further
    09:35
  • Analyse the output of the UNSTRING Operation
    03:36
  • INSPECT in COBOL
    01:23
  • Lets Code a PROGRAM to execute INSPECT
    05:14

  • Lets master the different Types of Control passing
    04:45
  • What is CALL and Different types of CALL.
    05:58
  • Lets code a CALLING program and a CALLED Program
    12:42
  • CALL by Content
    02:50

Requirements

  • You should have a PC with internet connection
  • If you have a mainframe id then it will be beneficial. I have provided few free tools but they have certain limiations.
  • You should know the basics of TSO/ISPF and JCL. I have provided few basic TSO/ISPF commands and some amount of JCL as well. If you are not comfortable, you can take my courses on TSO/ISPF and JCL first before taking this course.
  • The Course also contains COBOL DB2 programs towards the end of the course and to code this, you should have basic idea of the DDL and DML operations in DB2.
  • As basics of TSO/ISPF and JCL is required. If you do not know these topics, i recommend you to enroll for my course on "Mainframe: The Complete TSO/ISPF Course from Beginner to Expert" & "Mainframe: The Complete JCL Course from Beginner to Expert"first and then take this course.

Description

'Udemy COBOL Course with best ratings and review-Best Seller'.

-> Get the COBOL Certification which you can showcase in your CV.

-> Best  COBOL Online Training ever.

Join this course which is the best COBOL course on UDEMY. I will Code everything along the way!!!

"This the Best Seller Course on Udemy and it is also the highest Rated course on Udemy"

“There’s a reason this course is a bestseller and highest rated on Udemy...”

Some of the Reviews from my students!!!!

"After taking the full Course, I guess it has all the necessary information. Really appreciate the hard work put in by the Instructor. I never thought that Mainframes will be easy."

"Sandeep, I really enjoyed the trainings offered: - TSO - JCL - Cobol Congratulations on the work, I have recommended the courses to several colleagues who are also starting on mainframes. Thank you"

"perfect course for COBOL"


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Do you want to start on COBOL but have no experience on COBOL? 

If you have some prior knowledge on COBOL or if are a complete fresher, you are at the right place. The Course teaches you COBOL right from Scratch to Advanced level.

What makes this Course unique and Best Seller?

Well, the course have everything you need to master COBOL Programming. If you want to build a career in Mainframe, then COBOL is a 'MUST TO HAVE' skill.

There’s no risk involved in taking this Course!

This course comes with a 30 day money-back guarantee. I am sure that this is the best course on COBOL and you can compare the content which is provided in this course against any COBOL Course and I guarantee you that you will not get such a good structured content anywhere. Still, if you are not completely satisfied with the course, please let us know and we will provide the refund without asking any question.

What if you are stuck?

I personally answer all the questions which is asked here. If you are stuck anywhere, ask a question or you can message me directly and i will answer all your doubts.

Are you getting updated content?

Yes, I keep updating the content always to make sure, i provide all the information to my students.

Is CICS Included in this course?

No, this course does not include CICS at this point of time.


The Course is a complete COBOL course -

  1. The course starts from Introduction of COBOL, history and versions of COBOL

  2. Data types, Structure and various level clause are covered in detail

  3. Complete demonstration of executing a program is shown

  4. How to compile and execute a program is covered with ease.

  5. All 4 DIVISIONS of COBOL are illustrated, edited, documented and defined.

  6. Most of the programs are coded while explanation and tested and debugged in front of you.

  7. The Quality ad Quantity of the course is great. It covers all the topics in COBOL starting from Scratch.

  8. Basic details of TSO/ISPF and JCL is also included along with COBOL.

  9. Multiple programs have been coded, assembled and aligned to suit the theory part which we covered.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to master COBOL can take up this course. This teaches COBOL from Scratch to Advanced level
  • If you have knowledge on Mainframe then it will be beneficial but if you don't know what are Mainframe, i have explained about mainframes at the beginning of the course.
  • Basic TSO/ISPF commands and basic knowledge of JCL will be useful but is not necessary
  • The Course also contains COBOL DB2 programs towards the end of the course and to code this, you should have basic idea of the DDL and DML operations in DB2.

Instructor

Sandeep Kumar
Founder of a Training company. IT Consultant, Coach, Mentor
Sandeep Kumar
  • 4.3 Instructor Rating
  • 3,823 Reviews
  • 25,627 Students
  • 12 Courses

My name is Sandeep Kumar. I have more than 10 years of experience on Mainframe and other Technologies like Java, PHP, Perl, Regular Expressions, JavaScript and much more. I have more than 12 years of experience as an Instructor.

Currently, i am the Founder of a Training company in India which provides online training on multiple IT and Non-IT related courses.

Before starting my career as an Instructor, I have worked for all types of projects like Development, Maintenance and Support projects. In my career, i have worked on Mainframe with Java, Mainframe with Perl(Regular Expressions), Mainframe with PHP, Mainframe with Unix and so on. I worked for multiple Fortune 500 companies of the world including  Fortune 1 company of the world which is a major retail giant in USA. When i was working for them, I  was part of the team which use to monitor more than 5000 stores across the world using Mainframe technology.

I used Mainframe in various sectors like Retail, Insurance, Banking and Share market. I have worked on many projects end to end. I am also an experienced person in Website Development as well.

I am an Expert on Mainframe(TSO/ISPF, JCL, VSAM, Cobol, DB2, CICS, IMS, PL1). Along with Mainframe, I am an IT consultant for Big Data, Cloud Computing, Complete Web Development(Java, PHP and much more)

I know 3 major language - English, French and Hindi. I have taught multiple students on French as well.

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