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.
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Syllabus
Day 1
- (01:00) Unit 1 - Introduction
- (01:30) Unit 2 - Getting started with REXX (start)
- (01:00) Lab exercise 1
- (01:00) Unit 2 - Getting started with REXX (finish)
- (01:00) Lab exercise 2
- (01:30) Unit 3 - Programming in REXX (start)
Day 2
- (01:00) Lab exercise 3
- (01:30) Unit 3 - Programming in REXX (finish)
- (01:00) Lab exercise 4
- (01:00) Unit 4 - Functions and subroutines (start)
- (02:00) Lab exercise 5
Day 3
- (01:00) Unit 4 - Functions and subroutines (finish)
- (01:00) Lab exercise 6
- (01:30) Unit 5 - Debugging and error handling
- (01:00) Lab exercise 7
- (01:00) Unit 6 - Executing host commands
- (01:30) Lab exercise 8
Day 4
- (01:30) Unit 7 - Compound variables and the data stack
- (01:30) Lab exercise 9
- (01:30) Unit 8 - Reading and writing data sets in REXX
- (01:00) Lab exercise 10
- (01:30) Unit 9 - The parse instruction
Day 5
- (01:30) Lab exercise 11
- (01:30) Unit 10 - Using REXX: REXX compiler, REXX in batch, MVS console commands
- (01:00) Lab exercise 12