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Yes, COBOL may seem like an obsolete language. But did you know the following…?
COBOL powers about 80% of in–person financial services transactions and 95% of ATM swipes.
On a daily basis, it processes $3 trillion in commerce.
There are over 220 billion lines of code and 1.5 billion are written each year.
In other words, COBOL is far from dead. If anything, the language appears to be poised for growth in the years ahead. Part of this is the need for digital transformation. After all, if companies want to leverage new technologies such as machine learning and AI (Artificial Intelligence) there will be a need to work with legacy software systems.
Oh, and by the way, there is already a labor shortage for COBOL programmers. Many Baby Boomers are retiring so there is a need to replace them in the workforce.
But even the COVID–19 pandemic has highlighted the need for COBOL. How so? Well, look at what happened in New Jersey recently. The state s unemployment system was unable to handle the surge in claims. Because of this, the Governor created a TV commercial to hire COBOL programmers to fix the problem!
Now the good news about this language is that it was developed for non–technical people. So in this course, you will need to spend only a couple hours to learn the fundamentals. There will also be no need to install large amounts of software and frameworks on your computer. Instead, I ll be working with an easy cloud–based cloud app.
Specification: Learn COBOL Super Fast
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16 reviews for Learn COBOL Super Fast
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| Price | $14.99 |
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| Provider | |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Year | 2020 |
| Level | Beginner |
| Language | English ... |
| Certificate | Yes |
| Quizzes | No |
Fabio Martins –
It was too fast and the image was small
Jonn Nicols –
interesting and easy to follow instruction
Mark Boxall –
This corse is great for a general overview on COBOL, but there is no in depth information. You will need to go elsewhere if you want to learn more about the COBOL other than the very very basics.
James E. Hanks –
This was a quick but thorough, and useful overview of the fundamentals of COBOL. I think it will make further COBOL courses make much more sense.
Scott Plude –
great stuff!
Noah Ambard –
It was great! I think this is the perfect starting place for anybody interested in COBOL, but not too sure if they want to commit to it. Thanks so much Tom!!
Jim Drew –
Good class.
Elizabeth Woolley –
So far, so good!
Elise Fullwood –
I am a new developer and I got placed on a job that uses mainly COBOL. This course went over everything my job is currently teaching me but just went a little bit more in depth. Very Helpful and thank you for this course.
David Cronin –
I apologize if it’s obvious and I’ve missed it should I have done an example of some kind in this lesson?
Michael Slaney –
I thought this was a GREAT course! The instructor was true to his word: he presented a quick but concise overview of the fundamentals of COBOL. The instructor was very knowledgeable in the subject, the pace was great, and his presentation style was perfect. All in all, I enjoyed taking this course as it really helped me refresh my knowledge of COBOL quickly, and would recommend this course to anyone needing an introductory look at this great language.
Debby Lawrence –
an excellant refresher than you
Maria Meyer –
Yes it is a good way to refresh a skill I have used only a little since the nineties. I have since studied object oriented so appreciate the references to that.
Joseph Halverson –
Excellent introduction to the language and a very easy environment for practice. The only thing that would make this course even better is a test after each section.
Andrew Bain –
Good overview of COBOL easy to understand
Joshua Horvath –
I took this course out of a personal general high level curiosity for COBOL, and so far it appears that this course is a good match for that interest.