UC01 Introduction to CGIs on z/OS

Introduction to CGIs on z/OS - Course Objectives

On successful completion of this course, the student, with the aid of the appropriate reference materials, should be able to:

Define what a CGI is
Describe the context a CGI runs in
Describe how a CGI is invoked from a web page
Describe the differences between GET and POST CGI processing
Describe what the necessary environment variables are and how to access them
Describe how to emit responses to the server from a CGI
Specify how to emit non-EBCDIC data from a CGI
Suggest how to approach debugging and testing
Submit batch jobs from a CGI
Plan for / design a CGI interface that uses cookies to keep track of the process of a dialog
Describe the processing concerns and issues facing the design of a CGI that accesses DB2 data

UC01 / 1 Day

Materials version: V3.x