Mainframe Application Development Training
Introduction
Swift Brains is one of the leading IBM Mainframe Training providers in the country. Swift Brains, course design and class format has been optimized for maximum learning in minimum time. The institute boasts of its in-house and visiting faculty. Swift Brains is promoted by a team of professionals who have previously worked in the industry in IBM Mainframe Technology for more 9 years.
Audience
This course is designed for people interested in a career in Z/OS application or system programming, that require a broad background on mainframe processing and programming concepts and application. The course is for entry level students who must understand, design, code, test, and debug programs. This course is for experienced information processing personnel who need an in-depth knowledge and practice using and debugging of JCL (Job Control Language). This course intended for CICS application designers, application programmers, system programmers or operators who need to understand how CICS capabilities and facilities and to write application programs to access CICS.
The audience for this course is MCA,BCA,B.Sc(IT),M.Sc(IT),B.Sc,B.Tech or B.E(Any Branch),O Level, A Level,Commerce.
Pre-requisites
There aren’t any pre-requisites but a prior knowledge of any programming language is always an added advantage.
Course Outline
- Introduction – COBOL
- Identification and Environment Division
- Data Division (Data movement, Editing, COMP fields)
- Procedure Division
- Arithmetic verbs
- All Types of PERFORM verbs
- Array handling ( up to 3 dimensions )
- Control Break Logic (Single and Multi level)
- “Additional verbs STRING, UNSTRING, INSPECT, EVALUATE,
- EXAMINE, SEARCH, SEARCH ALL”
- File Handling (SEQUENTIAL)
- File Handling (INDEXED FILE)
- File Handling (Relative file)
- COPY/CALL
- STATIC and DYNAMIC linkage (Subroutines)
- SORT/MERGE
- Compile, Link Edit and Execution, TEST and Practical
- MVS
- MVS concepts, AMODE, RMODE
- MVS Architecture (ESA / XA )
- File management and Processing
- SMS, JES1, JES2
- TSO/ISPF Menu details
- TSO/ISPF Commands
- RACF, SMF, SDSF
- Introduction to JCL
- JOB Statement and parameters (cover COND)
- EXEC Statement and parameters
- Common parameters to JOB and EXEC (Cover COND)
- DD statement and parameters
- Additional DD statements (SYSDUMP,SYSABEND)
- Procedures(catalogue / in stream) and Symbolic parameters
- IBM Utilities
- GDG ( Creation, Modify, Delete ), TEST and Practical
- Overview of VSAM
- KSDS,ESDS,RRDS details
- Creation of clusters with parameters /loading ,copying
- AMS commands (Access Method Servicing) -
- Alternate INDEX, PATH,BLDINDEX
- Additional VSAM Commands
- “VSAM utilities and defining in CICS region (OPEN,CLOSE,ENA,DIS) features & TEST & Practical”
- Introduction of RDBMS, Types of Databases
- DB2 Terminologies
- Types of Integrity
- Database Architecture
- Objects of DB2 and Operators
- Date/Time/Timestamp operations
- Components of DB2
- SQL Types (DCL, DML,DDL)
- Operators and Functions
- Aggregate Functions
- JOIN (All types of Joins)
- VIEW/ALIAS/SYNONYM
- Union
- Static & Dynamic SQLs
- Practical Approach (Pre compile, BIND,PLAN, Package)
- CURSORS
- Embedded SQL (COMMIT, ROLLBACK, ISOLATION LEVEL)
- “Storage Structures (Table spaces, Stored Tables, Index spaces,
- Indexes, Storage Groups)”
- DB2 Utilities (Load, Unload, Copy, Runstat)
- SPUFI and QMF
- Standard SQL codes and rectification
- COBOL/DB2 Programming and Execution
- Introduction to CICS and Pseudo Conversation Technique
- Exception Handling
- BMS Concepts
- File Control
- Program Control
- Terminal Control
- Developing CICS Applications
- Programming Technique
- TSQ & TDQ
- Interval and Task Control
- CICS Application Region
Course Duration
2 months (2 hours alternate day during weekdays)
2 months (4 hours each day on weekends)
Course Fee
INR 20,000.00
