IBM z/OS Rexx Programming

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Free Online Course: IBM z/OS Rexx Programming provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 11 weeks long, 25 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. IBM z/OS Rexx Programming is taught by Martin Keen.

Overview
  • This course is designed to teach you the basic skills required to write programs using the REXX language in z/OS. The course covers the TSO extensions to REXX and interaction with other environments such as the MVS console, running REXX in batch jobs, and compiling REXX.

    A total of 11 hands-on labs on an IBM Z server (via remote Skytap access) are part of this course.

    O​n successful completion of the course, learners can earn theor badge. Details here- https://www.credly.com/org/ibm/badge/ibm-z-os-rexx-programming

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Getting Started with REXX
      • Getting started.
    • Programming
    • Functions and Subroutines
    • Debugging and error handling
    • Executing Host Commands
    • Compound variables and datastack
    • Reading and writing data sets in REXX
    • The Parse Instruction
    • Using REXX: REXX compiler, REXX in batch, MVS console commands
    • System REXX