COBOL Programming Workshop (DEV1110)
Course Description
This course is designed for students who know another programming language or for whom COBOL is the first. It introduces basic programming techniques and gives the fundamentals of COBOL including an understanding of good program structure. The techniques and instructions learned in lecture will be applied in a series of computer workshops.
Course Audience
Beginning programmers who have taken a course in Introduction to data processing or the equivalent, programmers with experience in another language who have not yet programmed in COBOL.
Course Topics
Overview of COBOL
- Program development
- Introduction to four divisions
- A look at a simple program
Data Division
- File descriptions
- Working storage
- Picture, value clauses
Procedure Division
- Structured guidelines
- I/O commands
- Arithmetic operations
- Editing
- IF statements
- PERFORM
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Subroutine linkage
- Linkage Section
- CALL
- Passing parameters
Control break processing
- Single level
- Multiple levels
Table handling
- REDEFINES clause
- OCCURS clause
- Subscripting, indexing
- Searching methods
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Prerequisite Education
DEV1000 Computer Systems Fundamentals, or equivalent experience.
Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience
Basic computer concepts.
Delivery & Duration
This instructor-lead course is a five-day offering.
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Outline Location: http://www.goldencg.com/edu/outlines/dev1110.html
