WA1145 WebSphere MQ Application Programming and Design for z/OS and CICS/TS Programmers
This five day intensive training session is aimed at the mainframe developer using theWebSphere MQ procedural MQI. It covers topics ranging from WebSphere MQ Concepts, Basic MQ administration, MQI programming as well as advanced topics that include JMS concepts, Point-to-Point design, Publish-Subscribe design and Messaging Architecture topics.
Topics
    Part I - WebSphere MQ Introduction / Concepts
    • The WebSphere MQ Family
    • The Messaging model
    • MQI calls
    • MQ Administration
    • Distributed Queue Management
    • Designing Messaging applications
    Part II - WebSphere MQ Application Programming
    • Preparing and writing MQSeries application programs
    • Basic MQI calls
    • Triggering
    • Message Properties
    • Data conversion
    • Coordination of units of work
    • Minor MQI calls
    • Message groups and Segmented Messages
    • Distribution Lists
    • MQ Security
    • JMS Programming concepts
    • Messaging Architecture topics
Practical Work
The labs include extensive hands-on MQ coding exercises as well as basic administration tasks in the CICS and z/OS environments.
What you will learn
  • WebSphere MQ Concepts
  • Entry level administration skills
  • Describe and use the MQI calls
  • Design and write procedural (COBOL) programs to use MQI calls in the CICS/TS and z/OS environment
  • Explain the differences in program design necessitated by the messaging and queuing paradigm
  • Understand, in detail, the different MQ functions
  • Explain the differences in MQI across the different WebSphere MQ platforms
Audience
This course is designed for procedural developers responsible for integrating various systems using WebSphere MQ on the CICS and z/OS platform.
Prerequisites
  • CICS/TS and z/OS development experience
  • Programming experience using COBOL in the CICS and z/OS environment
Duration
Five days.
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