How to learn COBOL

An overview of how to get started from scratch with COBOL


COBOL has a variety of resources to help both experiences programmers and beginners, though some might be obscure. Luckily, here's a compilation of some popular sources.

Books

Documentation

  • GnuCOBOL's Programmer's Guide
    This resource covers the elements of the GnuCOBOL compiler, and is updated regularly as the compiler itself changes.

Courses