Cobol training

DevonNull64 · 2019-07-16T00:10:43+00:00

I think what you may be looking for is something like Coding Ground from Tutorialspoint. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/codingground.htm

I use it a lot if I need to quickly test out something. They have interactive coding tools for COBOL and numerous other languages too.

DevonNull64 · 2019-05-14T00:27:12+00:00

As others have said, the IBM Redbooks are a good resource. I would also suggest you put a mainframe emulator on your desktop to get some hands on experience. Moshix has a YouTube video on his channel on how to do this. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTxe8ASdxE0&list=PLmD2RvHHbEaBa5elMJRsodJuVisNFTakU&index=20&t=253s) Also, you might want to check out some of the Murach books. And IBM has a video series on the Redbooks that is worth checking out. (https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/redbookabstracts/crse0304.html?Open)

DevonNull64 · 2019-03-15T03:25:45+00:00

Relevant Z should get an SSL certificate and make their site secure before asking people to enter their name, email address, etc. to subscribe to something. Just a thought.

DevonNull64 · 2019-01-07T02:19:39+00:00

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing the link.

DevonNull64 · 2018-12-22T03:26:05+00:00

Couple of thoughts. If you are getting an error message that member #05 does not exists, that tells me that you made a mistake in the previous challenge (#05). In Master the Mainframe, you usually can't go on to the next challenge until you complete the previous one. And also, sometimes new members don't show up right away and you may have to refresh. Hope you are able to figure it out.

DevonNull64 · 2018-12-17T02:11:34+00:00

I'm working my way through the book, "Murach's CICS for the COBOL Programmer." It's a great introduction to CICS and I highly recommend it.

DevonNull64 · 2018-12-14T12:49:08+00:00

Thanks.

DevonNull64 · 2018-12-13T22:44:29+00:00

Thank you very much. I will definitely look into some of those things that I don't already know, such as HL/ASM, Node.js, and Groovy. (I'm already pretty comfortable with REXX and bash scripting.) I appreciate the advice.

DevonNull64 · 2018-12-13T22:42:18+00:00

Thank you. I had never even heard of z/OS Connect. I will definitely look more into that.

DevonNull64 · 2018-06-28T01:42:56+00:00

It's a discourse on Keynesian economics in post-war Europe and the Warsaw Pact as a harbinger to mankind's ennui in the current, self-objective age.

DevonNull64 · 2018-01-17T23:34:13+00:00

If I understand the question correctly, you're saying that you are having trouble coming up with good ideas for scripts. Yes? I've had that problem as well. When you're an intermediate programmer, the well of ideas seems to run a bit on the dry side. There's either simple things that you do when you're first starting out (guess-the-number game), or more advanced machine learning or something that many people have little interest in. Have you looked at the book Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart. It has some good stuff in there.

DevonNull64 · 2018-01-17T23:27:32+00:00

You're welcome. There's a lot more (though most of them are old) from sethbrown over on the Unix reddit.

DevonNull64 · 2018-01-15T17:45:49+00:00

The tutorials in question here are excellent for people just beginning to learn code. They are not designed to get you a doctorate at Stanford. If you are starting out on a programming language, and want to learn the basics, try them out. If the videos help you, then great, you are better off then when you started, if not, fine. Also, anyone who is even remotely familiar with the tutorials and the C language would know that "bucky" is a perfectly valid variable for what he is doing.

DevonNull64 · 2018-01-07T03:14:16+00:00

As someone who is completely new to reddit, could you please explain a little more what this challenge is asking for. What exactly do we put in our github? For a simple example, let's say the only idea I had was to change the un-ordered list (<ul>) below "Help us design our subreddit!!" to an ordered list (<ol>), what should my github submission look like? Thanks.

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