COBOL remains heavily used throughout the industry, especially in IBM mainframe environments. Our courses teach the basics of COBOL, advanced COBOL topics, debugging of COBOL programs, and how to use new features of COBOL.

All of our courses are current to the We also offer an introduction to the Language Environment (LE) services most commonly used in application programs.

Beyond COBOL II and Converting to COBOL for OS/390 & VM (previously known as COBOL/370 or COBOL for MVS & VM) are among our most frequently requested courses.

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COBOL Course Map

 

COBOL Courses

Structured COBOL Workshop for Enterprise COBOL (5 days)
Introduces new programmers to COBOL and structured programming techniques. The five-day presentation is designed for experienced non-COBOL programmers, the seven-day version is paced for entry-level programmers. (Structured COBOL Workshop also available)
Advanced Topics in COBOL: (Enterprise, z/OS) (3 days)
Continues the Enterprise COBOL introduction for new and experienced programmers. (Advanced Topics in COBOL also available)
Enterprise COBOL Update I: Essentials (2 days)
Experienced COBOL programmers learn to use the major facilities of Enterprise COBOL. Selected facilities of Language Environment (LE) are also introduced.
Enterprise COBOL Update II: Unicode and XML Support (1 day)
Experienced COBOL programmers learn to Enterprise COBOL's Unicode and XML features.
Beyond COBOL II (2 days)
Experienced COBOL programmers will learn to use the major facilities of the COBOL for OS/390 & VM (latest) or COBOL for MVS & VM compiler. Selected facilities of Language Environment (LE) are also introduced.
Converting to COBOL for OS/390 & VM (2 days)
Experienced COBOL programmers learn about features new in COBOL for OS/390 & VM.
Interactive COBOL Debugging with XPEDITER (1 day)
Students practice using the Xpediter tool to test and debug COBOL programs.
COBOL Debugging and Maintenance in the LE Environment (2 days)
Participants learn to use LE Dumps to debug COBOL for OS/390 & VM or COBOL for MVS &VM programs.
COBOL II and COBOL/370 Debugging and Maintenance (2 days)
The student will learn how to normalize  relational data and how to define DB2 objects, including Data Bases, Storage Groups, Table Spaces, Tables, Indexes, Views, Synonyms, and Aliases.
Application Development using LE Services (2 days)
Students use VS COBOL II and COBOL/370 facilities for debugging and maintaining programs. The Linkage Editor and Program Binder are discussed extensively.
VSAM for COBOL Programmers (2 days)
Participants learn how to use the IDCAMS utility and how to create, modify, and delete VSAM records from a COBOL program.