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COBOL Programming Resources

COBOL Resource hub on IBM Developer

COBOL Fridays Replay videos and link to register for future events

YouTube Video: So you want to learn COBOL?

IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Documentation Library - Full Reference Library of COBOL Manuals

IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS,  Language Reference v6.3

IBM Language Environment Programming Reference v2r4 - Common subroutines callable from all IBM supported programming languages.

IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Messages and Codes v6.3

Zowe Resources

Installing Zowe CLI from an online registry

Installing Zowe CLI from source

An Introduction to the Zowe Virtual Desktop

General z/OS Resources

IBM z/OS MVS JCL Reference v2r4

IBM z/OS Communications Server: IP User's Guide and Commands v2r4 - FTP Reference Manual

IBM z/OS TSO/E REXX Reference v2r4

Timeline and brief description of IBM Operating Systems. By Dave Morton, marspyrs. Dated: February, 2018

Additional Training & Hands-on Opportunities

z/OS Introduction and Workshop for IT Professionals

Master the Mainframe - Get hands-on Experience Across a Variety of Technologies

Beginner’s Guide: COBOL Made Easy by Jessielaine Punongbayan

DFSORT

IBM DFSORT: ICETOOL Mini-User Guide - October, 2010 by Frank L. Yaeger

DFSORT′s Year 2000 Features (The New Generation) - October, 1998 by Frank L. Yaeger

IBM DFSORT Application Programming Guide v2r4 - Full Manual

Note: IBM DFSORT's ICETOOL can often replace the need to write COBOL program(s), when needing to (optionally) sort and tranform data contained in one or more input files to produce an output file.  All user guides written by Frank L. Yaeger on this subject are excellent.

Additional Resources

IBM Setting property groups | IBM Z® Open Editor

Want to become a Tech Entrepreneur? Here’s how I did it & you can too- Webinar - Originally broadcast: 2020-04-23 - 1 hour

IBM Z and LinuxONE Community

Open Mainframe Project Website - The Linux Foundation Projects

IBM and Open Mainframe Project Mobilize to Connect States with COBOL Skills

Dr. David Woolbright's (COBOL Fridays: Presenter) Website

DB2 SQL Cookbook based upon the original work of Graeme Birchall:

DB2 SQL Cookbook - Original Archived PDF

Fake Your Way Through Minis and Mainframes - Including MVS (predecessor to z/OS)

Employment Opportunity - Cobol Programmers Needed Now!

State of New Jersey