Now you can quickly master ISPF with this practical book. Chapter 1introduces you to MVS (both MVS/XA and MVS/ESA) and shows you how TSO/ISPF relates to the operating system. Then, the remaining 7 chapters teach you how to use ISPF for everyday programming tasks.

The basic features of ISPF haven't changed since this book was published in 1990 (although the interface looks somewhat different than what's shown in the examples). So you can still use it to help you master ISPF skills like how to: edit and browse a data set; how use the ISPF utilities to manage data sets and libraries; how to compile, link, and execute programs interactively; how to debug COBOL programs interactively; and how to process batch jobs in a background region.