Training offering

Developing Mainframe Applications with IBM Rational Developer for System z V9.0

Overview

This course introduces using Rational Developer for System z for mainframe application development and maintenance, featuring hands-on work with COBOL programs, and DB2 and CICS technologies.

Public

This intermediate course is intended for System z mainframe application developers.

Prerequisits

You should:

• Have prior experience working with z/OS, IBM OS/390, or IBM MVS systems
• Use the COBOL language and understand COBOL syntax
• Understand and develop simple job control language (JCL)
• Understand basic Customer Information Control System (CICS) concepts and terms

Objective

• Create and manage z/OS connections
• Create, navigate, and edit z/OS projects
• Develop COBOL programs
• Develop BMS maps
• Debug and troubleshoot COBOL programs and CICS applications using the IBM Debug Tool integration
• Work with DB2 data and build SQL queries

Topics

• Overview of IBM Rational Developer for System z
• The Rational Developer for System z workbench
• Connecting to a remote z/OS system from the workbench
• Program analysis and advanced navigation
• Work with DB2 data, coding and testing embedded SQL queries
• Managing, editing, comparing, and reviewing programs
• Debugging remote applications
• Determining code coverage