After completing RPG IV Programming: Modular Programming, the user should be able to:

	Distinguish between dynamic and static binding
	Create programs that pass data
	Explain the use of data areas

Introduction to Modular Programming  

	Modular Programming
	Dynamic and Static Binding

Data and Procedures  

	Passing Data between Programs
	Procedures, Subprocedures, and CALLP

Prototypes and APIs  

	Using Prototypes Effectively
	Using a Modular Approach
	APIs

Data Areas  

	Data Areas
	Data-Area Data Structures

A typical course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to practice in the real application
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the real application
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	Experience as an AS/400 end user
	RPG IV Programming: Introduction to RPG (RPGI01)
	RPG IV Programming: Getting Started with RPG (RPGI02)
	RPG IV Programming: Defining Data (RPGI03)
	RPG IV Programming: Arithmetic Operations (RPGI04)
	RPG IV Programming: Flow of Control (RPGI05)
	RPG IV Programming: Externally Described Files (RPGI06)
	RPG IV Programming: File Access and Record Manipulation (RPGI07)
	RPG IV Programming: Interactive Applications (RPGI08)
	RPG IV Programming: Tables and Arrays (RPGI09)

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