IBM
IBM Z Skills Depot
Materials focused on mainframe technologies, including IBM Z XPlore are linked here.
Requires IBM ID (personal or institutional)
- Recommended free of charge security courses: z/OS Networking Security Foundations (8h, no cost) and IBM z/OS Security Essentials (4h, cost)
IBM Z Xplore
Learning platform with a guided navigation and industry-recognized digital badges valued by global companies are linked here.
LinuxOne Community Cloud
Free access and tutorials are linked here.
Coding Challenges
Requires prior knowledge or completion of the initial IBM Z Xplore activities:
- Micro Code-a-Thon
- Python to CICS: As Easy as 1..2..3..
- Assembler Code-a-Thon
- Db2 Code-a-Thon
- SQL Resource Rights
- Convert an IEBCOPY Job to Python