Professor Tak Auyeung of American River College, said it beautifully, “A programming language is not a fashion statement” it is used for a purpose. Whether it is to add new features, modify logic, create APIs to integrate it into other applications, or implement modern development practices, businesses around the world need application developers who know COBOL.
COBOL Programming with VSCode
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What you'll learn
Understand the structure and syntax of Enterprise COBOL programs
Define and manipulate COBOL data types, variables, tables, and files
Compile, run, debug, and troubleshoot COBOL programs on z/OS
Use modern development tooling to build, test, and validate COBOL programs
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FG
Reviewed on Oct 10, 2022
I liked this course, very important for my develop profesional.
BM
Reviewed on Jun 29, 2020
excellent course, great content and great labs to work along too.
AF
Reviewed on Sep 29, 2020
Very interesting course with both theory & practice. It is a good starting point to get your hand dirty with COBOL.
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