z/OS Application Development Overview

Duration

2 to 3 hours

Overview

Audience

This course is designed for people interested in a career in z/OS application or system programming, that require a broad background on mainframe processing and programming concepts and application.

Prerequisites

Completion of the "Introduction to the IBM Enterprise Environment" course, or equivalent knowledge of mainframe concepts.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• List the attributes of commonly used z/OS data sets
• Describe characteristics of IMS and DB2 databases
• Explain the differences between the CICS, IMS, and Websphere MQ transaction systems
• List the features of programming languages that can be used with z/OS
• Describe the software and the processes used in batch processing

Course Content

Data Management Systems

Data Sets and the Catalog
Data Set Naming Conventions
Data Set Allocations
Access Methods
Flat Files
Partitioned Data Sets and Libraries
VSAM
IMS
DB2

Transaction Processing Systems

Definition of a Transaction
IMS Transaction Manager
CICS
WebSphere MQ
Websphere Capabilities

Programming Capabilities

Background on Programming Languages
Assembler
COBOL
PL/1
C
C++
CLIST and REXX
Java
Enterprise Javabeans
Compile and Link-Edit

Batch System

Overview of Batch Processing Facilities of IBM Enterprise Systems
JES2/JES3
JCL
SDSF
Running and Controlling Batch Processing

z/OS Application Development Overview Mastery Test