Learning COBOL Programming: From Beginners to Experts
From Beginners to Experts
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42 chapters
~64 hours total
322 pages
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Front Matter
6 chapters2
Part I: COBOL Foundations and the Mainframe World
7 chapters- Part I: COBOL Foundations and the Mainframe World
- Chapter 1: The World of COBOL -- History, Relevance, and the Mainframe Ecosystem
- Chapter 2: COBOL Program Structure -- Divisions, Sections, and Paragraphs
- Chapter 3: Data Types, Variables, and the PICTURE Clause
- Chapter 4: The WORKING-STORAGE and LOCAL-STORAGE Sections
- Chapter 5: Basic Input/Output and DISPLAY/ACCEPT Statements
- Chapter 6: Arithmetic Operations and Numeric Processing
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Part II: Control Flow and Program Logic
5 chapters4
Part III: File Processing and Data Management
7 chapters- Part III: File Processing and Data Management
- Chapter 11: Sequential File Processing
- Chapter 12: Indexed File Processing (VSAM KSDS)
- Chapter 13: Relative File Processing and Advanced File Techniques
- Chapter 14: Sort and Merge Operations
- Chapter 15: Report Writer Module
- Chapter 16: Declaratives and Exception Handling
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Part IV: Modular Programming and Code Organization
6 chapters6
Part V: Enterprise Data Access
6 chapters7
Part VI: Mainframe Environment and Batch Processing
7 chapters- Part VI: Mainframe Environment and Batch Processing
- Chapter 27: JCL Essentials for COBOL Programmers
- Chapter 28: Batch Processing Patterns and Design
- Chapter 29: Mainframe Utilities for COBOL Developers
- Chapter 30: z/OS Dataset Concepts and Storage Management
- Chapter 31: COBOL and the z/OS Security Model
- Chapter 32: Performance Tuning for COBOL Programs
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Part VII: COBOL in Financial Systems
5 chapters9
Part VIII: Modern COBOL and System Evolution
5 chapters10
Part IX: Capstone Projects and Career Path
3 chapters11
Appendices
12 chapters- Appendix A: COBOL Reserved Words
- Appendix B: File Status Codes
- Appendix C: COBOL Language Quick Reference
- Appendix D: JCL Quick Reference
- Appendix E: Glossary
- Appendix F: PICTURE Clause Reference
- Appendix G: Answers to Selected Exercises
- Appendix H: Annotated Bibliography
- Appendix I: ABEND Code Reference
- Appendix J: EBCDIC and ASCII Reference
- Appendix K: Compiler Options Reference
- Appendix L: Setting Up GnuCOBOL
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