Foreword |
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Preface |
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Part I Fundamentals of the Mainframe |
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1 Why Be a Mainframe Developer? |
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Software Is Eating the World |
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7 | (1) |
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Future of Mainframe Development |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (2) |
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What Does "Mainframe" Mean Anyway? |
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14 | (1) |
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Batch and Online Transaction Processing |
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3 The Development Environment |
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32 | (1) |
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Virtual Storage Access Method |
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Creating a File with ISPF |
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System Display and Search Facility |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (8) |
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BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench |
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50 | (1) |
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Standardizing on Visual Studio |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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COBOL's Background, in Brief |
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62 | (1) |
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COBOL Program Structure: Columns |
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COBOL Program Structure: Divisions |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (6) |
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73 | (15) |
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89 | (26) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (4) |
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94 | (1) |
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JCL for File-Handling Programs |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (4) |
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File with Multiple Records |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (2) |
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110 | (3) |
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6 COBOL Tables and Reports |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (4) |
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124 | (1) |
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124 | (4) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (4) |
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The PROCEDURE DIVISION for Reports |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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Working with Characters and Strings |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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7 Other Languages and Programming Techniques |
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141 | (22) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (5) |
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143 | (2) |
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Base Displacement Addressing |
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Sample Assembler Language Code |
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8 Databases and Transaction Managers |
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Information Management System |
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163 | (10) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (1) |
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Db2 and the Relational Database |
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Benefits of Relational Databases |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (2) |
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Structured Query Language |
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178 | (2) |
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180 | (1) |
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Application Development with Db2 |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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Customer Information Control System |
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185 | (4) |
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Working with the CICS Platform |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (4) |
Part II Modern Topics |
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193 | (30) |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (7) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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Agile: It's Not All About Speed |
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202 | (1) |
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Mainframes and the Challenges for DevOps |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (14) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (3) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (4) |
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219 | (3) |
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10 Artificial Intelligence |
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223 | (28) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (2) |
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Multiclass Classification |
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230 | (1) |
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Multilabel Classification |
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Imbalanced Classification |
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Types of Machine Learning |
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230 | (3) |
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231 | (1) |
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11 Robotic Process Automation, and Low-Code and No-Code Systems |
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251 | (22) |
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252 | (2) |
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Macros, Scripts, and APIs |
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254 | (1) |
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261 | (7) |
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Creating a Bot for the Mainframe |
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266 | (2) |
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RPA Issues with Mainframes |
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268 | (1) |
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Low-Code and No-Code Systems |
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269 | (2) |
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271 | (2) |
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12 Mainframe Modernization Strategies |
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273 | (20) |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (6) |
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Rehosting or Replatforming |
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Refactoring or Rearchitecting |
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279 | (2) |
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Working with the Hyperscalers |
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282 | (5) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (4) |
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288 | (1) |
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Advanced's Automated COBOL Refactoring |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (2) |
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Innovation of the Mainframe |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (2) |
Additional Resources |
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301 | (2) |
Glossary |
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Index |
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