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IBM Mainframe Developer Professional Certificate

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IBM Mainframe Developer Professional Certificate

Mainframe COBOL Programmer Developer Analyst. Learn and use COBOL programming language.

Jeff Bisti
Erik Herman

Instructors: Jeff Bisti

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.4

(448 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

3 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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Professional Certificate - 7 course series

What you'll learn

  • Identify the different architectural families, explain the enhancements for each architecture family and the functions of an operating system

  • Explain the concept of a Sysplex and describe methods available for z/OS security.

  • Define the IOCP statements for the IOCDS and explain the concept of activation profiles.

  • Describe the process of IPLing an operating system

Skills you'll gain

Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: z/OS
Category: Cryptography
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: Virtualization
Category: Virtualization and Virtual Machines
Category: System Configuration
Category: IBM Cloud
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Computer Systems
Category: Computer Hardware
Category: Computer Security
Category: Hardware Architecture
IBM COBOL Basics

IBM COBOL Basics

Course 210 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: COBOL (Programming Language)
Category: Editing
Category: Data Structures
Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Business Logic
Category: Computational Logic
Category: Procedure Development
Category: Debugging
Category: Program Implementation
Category: Data Storage
IBM COBOL Core

IBM COBOL Core

Course 310 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: COBOL (Programming Language)
Category: Debugging
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Maintainability
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Report Writing
Category: Data Structures
Category: File Management
Category: Business Logic
Category: Software Testing
Category: Data Maintenance

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Technical Documentation
Category: Technical Support
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: COBOL (Programming Language)
Category: Quality Assurance
Category: Software Documentation
Category: Program Development
Category: Issue Tracking
Category: Software Development
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Debugging
Category: Software Quality Assurance

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: File Management
Category: COBOL (Programming Language)
Category: IBM DB2
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Job Control Language (JCL)
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Data Management
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Database Management Systems
Category: Databases
Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: Data Storage
Category: z/OS

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Debugging
Category: COBOL (Programming Language)
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Unit Testing
Category: z/OS
Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: Software Testing
Category: Integrated Development Environments
Category: File Management

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: COBOL (Programming Language)
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Scrum (Software Development)
Category: Systems Analysis
Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Systems Architecture
Category: Pseudocode
Category: Software Development Life Cycle
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Software Development Methodologies
Category: Software Development
Category: Software Design
Category: Systems Development
Category: z/OS
Category: Test Planning

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Instructors

Jeff Bisti
8 Courses43,489 learners
Erik Herman
LearnQuest
10 Courses23,018 learners

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