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COBOL
Run mission-critical processes on the modern mainframe with this business-oriented language that enterprises and developers continue to rely on.
COBOL, or Common Business-Oriented Language, was designed specifically for business. COBOL is responsible for the efficient, reliable, secure, and unseen day-to-day operations of the world's economy. The day-to-day logic used to process our most critical data is frequently done using COBOL.
25 July 2024
Blog
Exciting new user experience! The COBOL Programming Course Open Mainframe Project webinar Q2 2024
Listen in as Ross Cruickshank, an IBM Z Developer Advocate at IBM, shares what’s new and does an end-to-end walkthrough of the new registration platform.
25 July 2024
Series
Start learning COBOL with the Open Mainframe Project's COBOL Programming Course video webinar series
This video series includes replays of webinars from the Technical Steering Committee's quarterly sessions featuring guest speakers discussing the COBOL Programming Course.
15 May 2024
Series
COBOL Fridays webcast series
Want to learn COBOL? This video series can help you get started on your COBOL journey.
14 May 2024
Blog
COBOL and Zowe! An Open Mainframe Project webinar Q1 2024
Learn how new releases of Zowe Explorer make it easier for COBOL course learners.
25 April 2024
Tutorial
Enable persistent hexadecimal editing capabilities in a COBOL language-specific editor
Learn how to enable persistent hexadecimal editing capabilities in the COBOL language-specific editor that's included with IBM Developer for z Systems.
15 February 2024
Blog
Learning COBOL: A student's experience
Enrolled in a programming language class that introduced a high-level understanding of different programming languages like Java code, Python, C, Fortran, and COBOL, one student got great hands-on experience with COBOL.
18 August 2023
Blog
COBOL programming through the years! Open Mainframe Project Q2 webinar
Watch the video to listen and learn from Open Mainframe Project 2023 Summer mentorship program mentor Lezlie Browder. She has more than 60 years of software experience with COBOL and has experimented with Zowe and COBOL Check. She’ll share her experience, feedback, and more.
20 June 2023
Blog
COBOL versus Java programming
This is a webinar presented by IBM zSystems Student Ambassadors about the merits of COBOL versus Java programmimg in discussion with COBOL and Java experts on the mainframe.
05 May 2023
Blog
COBOL Check! Exciting new development for the Open Mainframe Project’s COBOL Programming course
This is the first webinar of 2023 for the COBOL Programming Course, discussing an exciting development about COBOL Check, a sister project in Open Mainframe Project, and how it can be integrated into the COBOL Programming course.
27 February 2023
Tutorial
Build Java records from COBOL with IBM Record Generator
Automate the generation of Java helper classes from a COBOL copybook using the IBM Record Generator for Java V3.0.
