RPG IV Programming: Introduction to RPG for non-RPG Programmers (course 0)

Dates Scheduled: 11/4/2010

Length: .5 day / Time: 9:00A - 1:00P

Cost: $295.00

Course Description: This workshop prepares students having no RPG knowledge or experience, for the subsequent tracks in this series.

Course Objective: You will learn basic concepts and terminology regarding how the RPG language is used to solve business problems on the System i (AS/400) platform.

Target Student: This course is designed for programmers with experience in other programming languages and basic knowledge of database concepts.

Prerequisites: None.

Performanced-Based Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand RPG specific terms used in most training courses, including this series
• Recognize the components of an existing RPG program
• Conceptualize the logic flow of new or existing RPG programs
• Formulate a data access plan for new RPG programs
• Execute commands to create and manipulate RPG programs
• Navigate to IBM websites containing reference downloads

Course Content: Full Course Outline
A brief history of RPG
Specifications
Terminology primer
RPG database processing concepts
How to get started
Reference sources