Learn Mainframe On Your Windows PC

What you'll learn
How To Get The Free Software To Learn Mainframe
TSO/ISPF
Basics of JCL
Basics of COBOL
Basics of COBOL DB2 Batch
Basics of SPUFI
IBM Utility Syncsort
IBM Utility IDCAMS
IBM Utility IEBGENER
IBM Utility IEBCOMPR
File Types
Debugging A Program
Creating Files
Reading Job Output
REXX
Easytrieve
Requirements
No programming experience is necessary. You just need a fairly modern computer, a lot of patience(which I would say is true of any programming course), and hard work.
Description
The mainframe is a large computer that was developed by IBM(and later there were others) that was meant to handle the day to day processing of large businesses. This started in the 1970s but still continues as the mainframe presence has NOT diminished. To meet business needs, large, complicated, customized, solutions were hand written by programmers. Later, as new technologies emerged, there were calls to get these business systems off the mainframe, but guess what. They couldn't. For a lot of reasons, large companies are still tied to the mainframe(which has evolved, it is NOT the mainframe of the 1970s). Now the first problem: it is difficult to learn the mainframe without actually working on the mainframe. There are no IDEs or software simulations that really do the mainframe justice. While practically any programming language or operating system can be learned freely via numerous software, the mainframe cannot. The second problem: Large companies rely on the seasoned COBOL programmers who started in the 1970s or 1980s, but they are retiring. Every year, more and more mainframe knowledge companies need goes away. The third problem: Practically nobody teaches the mainframe. Every community college, college, etc., teach Java and Python and C++. Every one of them teaches CyberSecurity. Practically no colleges teach mainframe. We are not producing the programmers that can replace the mainframe programmers of the 70s and 80s.This course is intended to show you how to get mainframe access on your computer and learn the mainframe skills that are in demand and will continue to be. It is a hybrid your computer / mainframe class that gives you information how you can FREELY(with one $30 exception) learn mainframe skills.
This course is for someone looking to get a first IT job. There will be lots of people coming out of school with Java, and Python, and C#. There will NOT be many people coming out with mainframe skills, and there is a great need for mainframe skills.


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