Learn Introductory Programming With COBOL

Learn Introductory Programming With COBOL, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.1, with 36 lectures, based on 18 reviews, and has 130 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn the introductory concepts of programming using the COBOL language. This course is ideal for individuals who are Curious beginner programmers or experienced programmers who would like to learn COBOL. It is particularly useful for Curious beginner programmers or experienced programmers who would like to learn COBOL.

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Summary

Title: Learn Introductory Programming With COBOL

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.1

Number of Lectures: 36

Number of Published Lectures: 36

Number of Curriculum Items: 36

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 36

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn the introductory concepts of programming using the COBOL language.

Who Should Attend

Curious beginner programmers or experienced programmers who would like to learn COBOL.

Target Audiences

Curious beginner programmers or experienced programmers who would like to learn COBOL.

This course teaches the basics of programming using the COBOL language. Introductory programming concepts can be shown in practically all programming languages but are rarely done in COBOL. Some people do not consider it a ‘modern’ language, however COBOL is still being used(I am still using it). The same things that are taught in Python or C in an introductory programming class exist in COBOL and I should know because I have been teaching introductory programming courses in multiple languages for almost twenty years. This class works through the normal progression of programming. First you have to set up the software. Then you write your first ‘Hello World’ program to show how to print output. After learning how to write out you have to learn how to read in data from the terminal. After being able to read and write, you get into more details and data types. Once you have a clear understanding of that, you go into the common programming structures: if/then, loops, and tables/arrays. Once you understand them, you have to start breaking up your program into sections/functions. This is probably the most important concept in all of beginning programming. COBOL does not have parameters and arguments like other programming languages but I show how COBOL does use the Linkage Sections to accomplish the same thing. The class will then show how COBOL is used on the mainframe, the most common home of COBOL coding. I also give an example of a COBOL report program, which is another very common use for a COBOL program. This will cover everything and introductory class plus some, plus you learn a language that is not commonly taught., Whether you have an interest in programming or just an interest in COBOL, I believe this will be a very informative class.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: A Few Things About COBOL

Lecture 2: What The Course Covers

Lecture 3: Setting Up The Test Environment

Chapter 2: More On The OpenCOBOL IDE And Running Programs

Lecture 1: A Closer Look At The OpenCOBOL Environment And A COBOL Program

Lecture 2: How Programs Work

Chapter 3: COBOL Program Structure

Lecture 1: Variables In A COBOL Program

Lecture 2: The Basics Of How A COBOL Program Is Set Up

Lecture 3: COBOL Variables

Lecture 4: Organizing Your Data Division

Chapter 4: Other COBOL Concepts

Lecture 1: Comments

Lecture 2: COBOL Copylibs

Lecture 3: Debugging A COBOL Program

Chapter 5: Basic Input And Output From The Screen

Lecture 1: The DISPLAY Statement

Lecture 2: Continue Output Using DISPLAY

Lecture 3: The ACCEPT Statement

Lecture 4: Verifying Data Is Numeric

Chapter 6: Conditionals i.e. If/Then

Lecture 1: How A Conditional i.e. if/then Works In General And In COBOL

Lecture 2: Nested Conditional Structures

Lecture 3: The EVALUATE Statement – A Nicer Form of If/Then

Chapter 7: Loops – Just Like All Languages There's Only Two Kinds

Lecture 1: Loops – The Two Kinds And How To Do Them In COBOL

Lecture 2: Program Example For Indefinite Loops

Lecture 3: How A Loop That Executes An Exact Number Of Times Works In COBOL

Lecture 4: An Example Program Using The FOR Loop Equivalent

Chapter 8: Tables And Arrays

Lecture 1: COBOL Tables

Lecture 2: COBOL Linear Search

Lecture 3: COBOL Binary Search

Chapter 9: Breaking Up Code Into Sections / Paragraphs

Lecture 1: How To Break Up Code Into Sections Also Called Paragraphs In COBOL

Lecture 2: A COBOL Program Showing How Sections Work In A COBOL Program

Chapter 10: Working With Files

Lecture 1: Creating An Output Report File From An Input File

Lecture 2: Creating The Report Part 2

Lecture 3: Creating The Report Part 3

Chapter 11: Subprograms

Lecture 1: COBOL Subprograms And Linkage

Lecture 2: A COBOL Program Example Of LINKAGE And Subprograms

Lecture 3: LINKAGE and Subprograms Continued

Chapter 12: A Quick Introduction To COBOL On Other Software

Lecture 1: COBOL Programs And JCL

Chapter 13: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion – Just The Beginning

Instructors

Craig Kaercher
Programmer And Teacher For 35 Years

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5 stars: 9 votes

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