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21st Century COBOL Training
The COBOL programmers you need
may be already be working for you! SYS-ED’s challenging “hands-on” COBOL
training lets you develop your own programming staff and save the time,
effort and expense of hiring new personnel. Since 1980, we have been helping
organizations address their
mainframe staffing requirements. SYS-ED
system
consultants are superb teachers; and teach far more than the syntax of the
COBOL programming
language. We also provide the critical expertise and guidance on the
implementation of Enterprise COBOL and migrating from
Micro Focus
COBOL v.4 to
Micro Focus
Net Express.
Over the past two years, we have experienced
a significant increase in demand for tailored COBOL training and educational
consultancy in the z/OS mainframe environment. Our technology partners have
also been increasingly called upon to upgrade COBOL programs.
The functionality of the COBOL programming
language is being extended to include:
- The exchange and usage of data in
standardized formats including XML and Unicode which will serve to avoid
EBCDIC related problems in a distributed environment.
- Enhanced XML and Unicode support for
utilization in the SOA: Service Oriented Architecture environment.
- Interoperability with Java components
across distributed applications - z/OS, UNIX, Linux and Windows
environments.
- Support for Java interoperability in new
systems which allows legacy code to be used with new applications.
- The reuse of existing applications in
WebSphere Application Server.
- Support for z/OS UNIX System Services to
access UNIX types files and run UNIX applications.
In our courses, students learn by doing;
one-third of their class time will be spent coding and debugging programs.
Each student in a SYS-ED COBOL course receives a comprehensive hand-out and
tailored COBOL training aids. After a course is over, students have access
to our technology exchange websites for submitting the inevitable COBOL
questions which come up back on the job. Courses can be taken as part of an
integrated
COBOL training program or a la carte. Tailored course
offerings can be conducted on-site at your location.
SYS-ED has extended its instructor-led
COBOL training service
to include distance-learning. Client organizations are presented with a
palette of medium to select from in order to address operational, time
compression, and validation assessment requirements. COBOL web-based
delivery can be interactive with a subject matter expert, self-paced, or podcast.
The interrelationships among technology, productivity, and training are
complex. The selection of the delivery medium requires a clear distinction
between industry standard COBOL content and addressing the operational
requirements unique to the client organization. This service is offered
selectively; no one is allowed to enroll in a course without an interview
with our
Director of Education or Curriculum Manager.
The
documentation and training aids that we provide in our
instructor-led
COBOL courses are unique in the
IT field. They reflect far more than simply the vendor documentation. Our
content and diagrams reflect a careful examination of the program logic and sample programs which have been validated on consulting
projects. And in this day and age with inter mixing and hybrid
implementations of open standards and IBM systems software, courseware which “explains and demonstrates” is fundamental to effective
knowledge transfer.
The Computer Education Techniques
knowledge base is a service for answering questions, inclusive of the
research and validation of
the accuracy of information in the public domain. Citation of source
documentation and examples are used to provide answers to the questions.
Content is selectively
added to SYS-ED course hand-outs and training aids.
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Learning Paths
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Leader in IT Training
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First Generation Experience in
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| Over the past year, we have had a number of
inquiries regarding whether SYS-ED still offered COBOL courses for IT
professionals. |
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That it is
extremely difficult, if not impossible to find open enrollment COBOL
training with the specialized skills requirements needed for specific
development and maintenance tasks. |
State of
the Market |
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That there is a
scarcity of fast-track COBOL courses, week long in duration, geared to
corporations and their employees. |
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That a high
percentage of open enrollment COBOL courses are cancelled. |
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That
travel costs and living expenses in
a majority of situations are a significant constraint when it comes
to attending a COBOL course. |
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That it is
important to have a resource for
asking COBOL questions once
the programming language course is complete. |
These courses have been developed as part of our
work as consultancy assignments and in response to requests by our clients.
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Industry Standard Content |
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Structured COBOL |
COBOL Programming |
COBOL Programming: Advanced |
You will learn:
- structured programming
techniques.
- flowcharts, structure charts,
visual table of contents, overview diagrams, and detail diagrams.
- the principles of structured
design.
- how to produce and interpret pseudocode.
- top-down coding and
top-down
testing.
- implementing the trade-offs associated
with sequence, selection, iteration, and case structures.
- design naming conventions.
- program readability.
- program maintainability.
- implement and utilize error handling.
- performance issues: indexing
versus subscripting, and paging.
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You will learn:
- writing programs that prepare a report.
- designing, coding, and testing structured
programs.
- the features for structured
coding.
- COBOL intrinsic functions and
arithmetic statements.
- how to work with different types of data.
- disk files.
- how to code working storage entries using
standard picture clauses, 88 levels and redefine clauses.
- how to code Procedure Division logic
including Moves, IF, Perform and complex logic.
- coding Procedure and Data Division
entries for handling sequential files and file processing logic.
- coding, manipulating, and searching COBOL
data stored in Occurs clauses.
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You will learn:
- sequential files.
- indexed files.
- how to use sort/merge feature.
- developing interactive programs.
- compiling and testing a program on an IBM
mainframe.
- developing object oriented COBOL
programs.
- writing, executing, and debugging COBOL
programs using the advanced features of COBOL.
- multi-dimensional and variable
length tables.
- multi-program and sub-program
calls.
- VSAM file manipulation.
- how to utilize stand sorting, merging, and
programming standards.
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COBOL Debugging |
Enterprise COBOL |
COBOL Programming
with Net Express |
You will learn:
- the architecture of a load
module and use this information to debug COBOL programs.
- how to utilize the compiler listing for
debugging programs.
- compiler and linker options
for debugging.
- the various parts of a
dump.
- how to locate data areas, buffers, I/O
information, and debugging information.
- locating statements which have caused
specific errors.
- interpreting common completion
codes and their causes.
- recognizing the differences between ABEND-AID and SYSUDUMP.
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You will learn:
- the new features/facilities.
- how to recognize problems with the new
compiler.
- integrating COBOL applications with
web-oriented business processes.
- enabling interoperability with Java
components across distributed applications.
- intrinsic functions.
- external data and file attributes.
- passing data to subroutines by
reference, content, and value.
- receiving returned values from
subroutines or functions.
- accessing files in the HFS:
Hierarchical File System using line sequential processing.
- dynamic allocation of files at run
time.
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You will learn:
- creating COBOL projects.
- compiling and testing programs.
- debugging programs using the interactive
debugger.
- debugging programs in a production
environment.
- performing structured browsing and
analysis.
- creating, editing, and converting a variety of
data files.
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COBOL Training in New York
COBOL Courses in New York
SYS-ED's COBOL courses are tough, but they're worth it. Our challenging
"hands-on" COBOL training provides a foundation and framework for Fortune
1000 companies, government municipalities, healthcare providers, software
houses, and consulting companies to meet their COBOL staffing requirements
and acquire specialized COBOL skillsets.1
Courseware
SYS-ED's COBOL courseware is highly
respected in the field of information technology. We draw upon
our extensive library of courseware, sample programs, and case studies to
explain, demonstrate, and teach the real-world COBOL. Our COBOL curricula
include industry standard and consultancy derived content. We have the
capability to provide tailored workshops and integrated training programs on
z/OS, z/VSE, z/VM, and third party emulation workbench/platforms.
Teaching
is Our Business
Most computer training companies are divisions of large software companies
or consulting companies. Not SYS-ED. Our only goal is to provide world
class COBOL training for motivated IT professionals - no more and no
less. Because
we're
independent, we're free to concentrate on teaching - and
since 1980 we
have been doing it very well.
Our Teachers Know How to Teach
SYS-ED instructors
combine teaching skills with broad practical experience as
consultants. Our instructors average 30 years of experience with COBOL
in the mainframe environment - operating systems, programming languages, 3rd
party utilities/development aids, and system software.
And they know how to teach it. We teach not only "how to", but "why",
building a solid foundation in fundamentals and insights into advanced
materials. After a course, they are available to
answer questions.
Enrollment -
SYS-ED COBOL Courses are NOT for Everyone
No one is allowed to enroll in a SYS-ED mainframe course, without a
consultation with our Director of Education. We review the
operational objectives and project specifications for the organization
evaluating whether to send its employee for the training. The employee is
only
allowed to register if they have the appropriate background
corresponding to the
appropriate learning path.
COBOL Training in New York, at
Your Office or Web-based
SYS-ED COBOL courses are held at our training center
in New York City and in conjunction with training partners in North America
and Europe. If you prefer, we'll arrange
tailored mainframe training on-site at your organization’s facilities
inclusive of mobile computer classroom set-up. On-site COBOL courses can
include the identical workshops, case studies, and hands-on approach as the
mainframe training we offer in New York city.
For additional information including
outlines, availability of private courses, references, and course
customization, contact David Shapiro at our New York office at 212-564-9147 or register online. |
Footnote 1:
SYS-ED’s core mainframe curriculum have
been submitted to the New York State Department of Education - Bureau of
Proprietary School Supervision for technical review and licensing.
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