The Complete Course Of Cobol 2024

Learn COBOL in a Professional way from Scratch. Become an expert in Mainframe and COBOL Programming, from ZERO to HERO!

What you'll learn

At the end of the course you will fully master COBOL Programming, to be able to manage and carry out mainframe computing projects from scratch

You will be able to conduct COBOL projects step by step, understanding all the logic and ending with advanced practical examples and complete projects

You will grasp the historical context, overview, and learn how to set up and compile COBOL programs

You will Understand the basic structure of COBOL programs, including coding sheets and a sample program

You will learn about COBOL data types and how arithmetic operations are performed

You will Learn about conditional constructs like IF, ELSE, and nested conditionals, along with evaluating conditions

You will Master over looping constructs like Perform and CONTINUE statements for iterative operations

You will lean about Handling files in COBOL, including understanding file organization for data input and output

You will Utilize arrays and tables in COBOL for organizing and accessing data efficiently

You will Understand how to structure and utilize subprograms and functions in COBOL, along with different calling methods

You will Learn various string manipulation techniques using statements like INSPECT, STRING, and UNSTRING

You will Familiarize with coding standards, modern usage of COBOL in the IT environment, and adhering to industry best practices

You will be able to practice the content learned in a practical way by following all the steps in the complete exercises and the hands-on projects

You will start with the basics and progressively carry out more complex steps until you reach an advanced level and absolute mastery at the end of the course

Requirements

Having basic notions can help, but the course starts from scratch

Prepare and install the needed environment to follow the practical sessions (if you don't know how, don't worry, it's very easy, and I'll explain it to you in the course!)

A decent computer and of course, desire to learn!

Description

Become a COBOL professional and learn one of employer's most requested skills nowadays!This comprehensive course is designed so that Mainframe Developers, Consultants, Professionals, IT students, companies, entrepreneurs… can learn COBOL Programming from scratch to use it in a practical and professional way. Never mind if you have no experience in the topic, you will be equally capable of understanding everything and you will finish the course with total mastery of the subject.After several years working in IT, we have realized that nowadays mastering COBOL for mainframe computing is very necessary in legacy system maintenance, financial services, government positions, system integration, software modernization, and research and development. Knowing how to use this tool can give you many job opportunities and many economic benefits, especially in the world of IT.The big problem has always been the complexity to perfectly understand COBOL requires, since its absolute mastery is not easy. In this course we try to facilitate this entire learning and improvement process, so that you will be able to carry out and understand your own projects in a short time, thanks to the step-by-step, detailed and hands-on examples of every concept.With almost 8 exclusive hours of video, this comprehensive course leaves no stone unturned! It includes both practical exercises and theoretical examples to master COBOL Programming. The course will teach you how work on mainframe projects written in COBOL language in a practical way, from scratch, and step by step.We will start with the installation and setup of the needed work environment on your computer, regardless of your operating system and computer.Then, we'll cover a wide variety of topics, including:Introduction to COBOL and course dynamicsUnderstanding COBOL's history, setup, and compilation processMastering COBOL's basic program layout and componentsHandling different data types and performing arithmetic operationsImplementing decision-making logic using IF, ELSE, and THEN constructsCreating loops and iterative processes for efficient data processingManaging file handling and organization within COBOL programsManipulating structured data using arrays and tables in COBOLModularizing code and understanding parameter passing mechanismsEffectively manipulating strings using COBOL's string operationsAdhering to COBOL coding standards and understanding its relevance in modern IT environmentsMastery and application of absolutely ALL the functionalities of COBOLQuizzes, Practical exercises, complete projects and much more!In other words, what we want is to contribute our grain of sand and teach you all those things that we would have liked to know in our beginnings and that nobody explained to us. In this way, you can learn to build and manage a wide variety of projects and make versatile and complete use of mainframe COBOL. And if that were not enough, you will get lifetime access to any class and we will be at your disposal to answer all the questions you want in the shortest possible time.Learning COBOL has never been easier. What are you waiting to join?

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to COBOL

Lecture 1 Course introduction

Lecture 2 History and Overview of COBOL

Lecture 3 Installation and setup

Lecture 4 Compiling COBOL Programs

Lecture 5 Quiz

Lecture 6 COBOL Opener

Section 2: Program Structure

Lecture 7 Coding Sheet

Lecture 8 Program Structure

Lecture 9 Sample Program: Hello World

Lecture 10 Quiz

Section 3: Data Types and Variables

Lecture 11 COBOL Data Types

Lecture 12 COBOL Arithmetic Operations

Lecture 13 Quiz

Section 4: Conditional Statements

Lecture 14 IF, ELSE, and THEN Constructs

Lecture 15 Nested Conditionals

Lecture 16 Evaluating Conditions

Lecture 17 Quiz

Section 5: Loops and Iteration

Lecture 18 Inline perform, Perform thru, Perform until, Perform times, Perform varying

Lecture 19 CONTINUE and next sentence

Lecture 20 Quiz

Section 6: Input and Output

Lecture 21 Understanding File Handling

Lecture 22 File Organization

Lecture 23 Practicals Part-1

Lecture 24 Practicals Part-2

Lecture 25 Practicals Part-3

Lecture 26 Quiz

Section 7: Arrays and Tables

Lecture 27 One Dimensional Array

Lecture 28 Two Dimensional Array

Lecture 29 Subscript

Lecture 30 Index

Lecture 31 SET Statement

Lecture 32 Search And Search All

Lecture 33 Quiz

Section 8: Subprograms and Functions

Lecture 34 Called program theory

Lecture 35 Called program practical

Lecture 36 Call by reference call by content

Lecture 37 Quiz

Section 9: String handling in COBOL

Lecture 38 Inspect Statement

Lecture 39 String and Unstring Statements

Lecture 40 Quiz

Section 10: Best Practices and Industry Standards

Lecture 41 COBOL coding standards

Lecture 42 Cobol in modern IT Environment

Section 11: Final Project and Conclusion

Lecture 43 Project-1

Lecture 44 Project-2

Lecture 45 A quick Recap

Lecture 46 COBOL Closure

Beginners who have never used COBOL before,Mainframe Developers, Consultants, IT Professionals, students… who want to learn a new way to manage and control legacy systems,Intermediate or advanced Mainframe users who want to improve their skills even more!