Course objectives
In this course, you learn how to design, code, and debug command-level CICS application programs for e-business or traditional environments. The course applies to the entire family of CICS products.
Thanks to this formation you will be able to:
– Design and develop application programs for CICS environments
– Design applications with separate presentation and business logics
– Describe the purpose of the CICS Clients
– Code CICS commands
– Pass and receive control between program modules
– Describe and compare the CICS COMMAREA and the CICS channel and container interface
– Prepare programs and run tests, including problem determination and resolution, by using messages and online interactive debugging tools
– Access and modify Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files, DB2 databases, temporary storage, and transient data queues
– Respond to normal and exception conditions from CICS commands
– Send and receive basic mapping support (BMS) maps
Who is this course for?
This intermediate course is designed for application developers and analysts who design, code, and debug CICS command level applications.
Prerequisites
You should have:
– Working knowledge of the underlying operating system platforms
– Basic knowledge of CICS fundamentals
– COBOL or PL/I application development skills
– Basic knowledge of application design and programming
Programme
Course introduction CICS application programming environment Designing CICS applications Exercise: Introducing Worldwide Books Online CICS command overview Exercise: Using CICS Explorer Exercise: Writing a pseudoconversational echo program Debugging CICS applications Exercise: Debugging applications by using CEDF CICS basic mapping support Exercise: Writing the WB presentation program CICS program-to-program control Exercise: Completing the WB presentation program Exercise: Linking to a CICS program from outside CICS CICS data access Exercise: Completing the WB customer program CICS queues Exercise: Completing the WB order program Exercise: Enhancing the WB application (optional) CICS front-end programming Service flow and event processing CICS web applications CICS Business Transaction Services Course summary
Topics: CICS