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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.

LearnQuest Network
Jeff Bisti

Instructors: LearnQuest Network

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4.3

(474 reviews)

Intermediate level

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

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

IBM COBOL Basics

Course 210 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: COBOL (Programming Language)
Category: Editing
Category: Program Development
Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Procedure Development
Category: File Management
Category: Program Implementation
Category: Data Structures
Category: Debugging
IBM COBOL Core

IBM COBOL Core

Course 38 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: COBOL (Programming Language)
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Maintainability
Category: Report Writing
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Business Logic
Category: Software Testing
Category: Data Storage
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Debugging
Category: Numerical Analysis

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

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

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Jeff Bisti
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