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OS/390 MVS JCL Quick Reference Guide (Mainframe Series) (Mainframe Series Quick Reference, 1)

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The focus of this book is on developing your survival skills quickly, helping you grasp and understand major concepts and terms so you can be productive in days; not weeks or months. JCL is an intense and complex computing skill and highly-valued in the industry. Traditionally, learning JCL takes years, learning small components at a time. Many programmers and operators eventually give up the chase. This book will help ensure that you don't. To paraphrase the line, "this is not your father's JCL manual." This book is not a thousand pages of prose, explaining every conceivable element that might appear in JCL. Instead, it focuses on what is actually being used in the computing world and packages it for easy consumption. I wish such a book had been available when I was learning JCL many years ago.

Happy Reading!! David Shelby Kirk

JCL isn't very user-friendly. If you can remember all the parameters and sub parameters, great, but most people can't. This book has all the JCL you'll need,in a handy format. It's great when you don't have time to read a full sized book. You know a lot about the product, but aren't sure of how some parameters are used. It's great for refreshing your memory.

This JCL publication has all the parameters and statements most often used. The book also presents the most efficient and effective means to code the most common JCL parameters and statements. Olivia Carmandi hit the bullseye, writing a book that contains practical day to day answers in an easy to use format and size, an appealing tool to the busy IS professional.

This is an outstanding book that addresses and responds to the needs of its target audience in a very time efficient, practical, and helpful manner. Five stars.

This power packed book is full of JCL statements and parameters and is absolutely essential for every JCL user. The book gives accurate, practical and time-saving examples used day in and day out in the IT world.

This book is loaded with practical and valuable information. Excellent tool--even experienced IT professionals will benefit from the tips and techniques.

A good little book for the most commonly used JCL and ideal for someone who does not have to deal with JCL on an everyday bases. The format is easy to follow and book size makes is easy to slip it into you pocket.

This book is loaded with information on how to code JCL efficiently. We cut the run time for a 12 hour job to 3 hours using this book. I highly recommend the book for IT Professionals working with JCL.

We love these reference guides. They provide many quick, usable examples. We bought 50 of the JCL and 50 of the other Quick References by MVS Training, Inc. Our employees that use JCL love them!