Introduction to Application Programming (z/OS)

Course Number: 619-TF
Recommended Duration: 2 days

Intended Audience
Beginning application programmers with little or no programming background, or with a programming background on a non-z/OS platform.

Objectives
Students who complete this course will be able to describe what's involved in doing development or maintenance on the IBM mainframe, including data design, program design, and testing. They will also learn (or review) how to work with binary and hexadecimal number systems. There are five paper exercises.

Prerequisites
An aptitude for programming, and an interest in the topics.

Topics

The application programmer's job
Platforms
Program functions
Describing data
Program design
Pseudo-descriptions, Pseudo-code, Pseudo-testing
Converting from design to production: keying code and JCL, compiling and linking, testing, cutting over
IBM mainframe hardware layout
Binary number systems
Hexadecimal number systems
Data formats (character, packed decimal, binary)
Memory addressing
Tape layout
DASD organization
Virtual storage concepts
z/OS architecture

Introduction to Application Programming (z/OS)

The application programmer's job

Platforms

Program functions

Describing data

Program design

Pseudo-descriptions, Pseudo-code, Pseudo-testing

Converting from design to production: keying code and JCL, compiling and linking, testing, cutting over

IBM mainframe hardware layout

Binary number systems

Hexadecimal number systems

Data formats (character, packed decimal, binary)

Memory addressing

Tape layout

DASD organization

Virtual storage concepts

z/OS architecture