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IMS Java and PL/I for IMS Education available in Europe From: denisgaebler@netscape.net (Denis Gaebler), http://groups.google.comDate: 26 Apr 2004 06:12:29 -0700 IMS Society (http://www.ims-society.org) in cooperation with the IMS Lab in SVL offers new IMS courses. IMS Java for Java Programmers http://www.ims-society.org/html/ims052-de26.html (includes programming IMS Java with Eclipse) IMS Java for COBOL Programmers will be available soon. COBOL and PL/I Courses are available upon request. Please feel free to contact us. Email: education@ims-society.org

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New course announcement From: scomstock@aol.com (S Comstock), AOL http://www.aol.com Date: 04 Aug 2004 19:39:06 GMT At the request of a client, we have developed a new, one-day course that serves a lot of needs in many shops right now: * Many shops have fallen behind the technology curve, deferrng spending because of the economy * Even shops that have managed to remain current in their data center have not spent much on training their people on how to use new / enhanced products * At the same time, there has been enormous change in the IBM mainframe world, and the complexity can be overwhelming * In September, IBM ends support for OS/390; to be on a supported system, you must be running z/OS * Many shops have found that moving off the mainframe is not as easy (nor as cost effective) as they predicted * Many mainframe-savy workers are nearing retirement, and few of the younger staff are even aware of the mainframe and what it brings to the table Announcing: Introduction to z/OS. This one day course can help your staff by: * providing experienced MVS, OS/390 technical people with a quick overview of changes over the last several years * providing an introduction to IBM mainframe hardware and software for technical people with no MVS or OS/390 background (e.g.: UNIX, Windows, Linux, and similar backgrounds) * providing a picture of how it all fits together today; this can even help determine development directions for departments or even the whole organization, influencing training choices for the coming year[s] Course details at: http://www.trainersfriend.com/A500Descrpt.htm Note: since this is a lecture / discussion only class (no labs) we allow up to 30 students in a class for our usual price (normally we max out at 16 students in a class). [By the way, if you want some material more for management, check out our free set of Very Short Presentations at http://www.trainersfriend.com/VSP_site.htm the first four might be of interest.] Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc.

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Developing Applications for z/OS UNIX From: scomstock@aol.com (S Comstock), AOL http://www.aol.comDate: 14 Jun 2004 21:26:45 GMT Developing Applications for z/OS UNIX - 3 days Focuses on writing programs in COBOL, PL/I, C, and Assembler that are intended to access HFS files, interact with the user at a z/OS UNIX session, and work with environment variables and parameters. Includes using c89, cob2, and pli commands for compiles, assemblies, and binds. Includes calling BPX1 services and C functions from programs written in all four languages. Includes an extensive introduction to "make". Details on our website at: http://www.trainersfriend.com/u520descr.htm ----------- So a summary of our z/OS UNIX curriculum so far: Introduction to z/OS UNIX - 3 days * basic concepts and commands * Accessing z/OS files from UNIX commands * Accessing HFS files from batch and TSO * TSO commands for z/OS UNIX * Building and maintaining a small web site on your mainframe * telnet session Shell Script Programming in z/OS UNIX - 3 days * sessions and processes * Regular expressions * find, grep, and more * ed and sed editors (optional intro to vi) * shell scripts * using sed to create HTML from a flat file * BPXBATCH Developing Applications for z/OS UNIX - 3 days * Programming interfaces in C, COBOL, PL/I, Assembler * compiles / assemblies and binds * Programmatic file access * Programmatic user interactions * Callable UNIX services (kernel services) * make and makefiles ----------- It's taken me almost four years to develop just three courses (total of nine days of training) for our z/OS UNIX curriculum. As many of you have seen, I have taken wrong paths, found some bugs, found some doc errors. But I have learned and put together a solid set of courses that include practical, working examples of commands, scripts, and programs. If your applications folks need to start developing z/OS UNIX apps, or need to start learning about z/OS UNIX, taking the nine days of training can keep them from having to take the long route (probably not four years, because I've been doing other things, too, but a lot of time). The objective of all our courses is to jump start application programmer productivity in any area we write for. If it's appropriate for your shop, I would greatly appreciate your passing on our information to your applications managers or training folks. Thanks for patience and forebearance for this little plea. ------------------------------------- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock 800-993-9716 303-393-8716 www.trainersfriend.com email: steve@trainersfriend.com 256-B S. Monaco Parkway Denver, CO 80224 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Comstock also runs PL/I courses. Contact the above for details.

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