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Abhishek 23/12/2024 in  Language/Foreign Language/Dutch Language

What is the Dutch language based on?

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Hardeep replied | 3 hrs ago

In simple terms, Dutch is a West Germanic language that shares the same "family roots" as English and German. It is often described as the middle ground between the two: its grammar and word order feel like German, while many of its words look and sound more like English

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Rakhi 30/01/2025 in  IT Courses/Mainframe

What would be a good mouth organ for a beginner?

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Kondareddy replied | 19 hrs ago

For a beginner, the best mouth organ (harmonica) is usually a 10-hole diatonic harmonica in the key of C. It’s the easiest to learn from tutorials and works well for most beginner songs

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Vijayaadithya 30/01/2025 in  IT Courses/Mainframe

Can we automate mainframe window using selenium?

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Kondareddy replied | 19 hrs ago

you cannot directly automate Mainframe terminal screens using Selenium. 

Why?

Selenium works only with web applications (HTML / DOM elements in a browser).
Mainframe systems usually run in terminal emulators, not browsers.

Typical mainframe interfaces:

  • IBM 3270 / 5250 terminal screens

  • Tools like:

    • IBM Personal Communications

    • Attachmate Reflection

    • Micro Focus Rumba

These screens are text-based terminal sessions, not HTML pages.
So Selenium cannot find elements like:

driver.findElement(By.id())
driver.findElement(By.xpath())

because there is no DOM.

Ways to Automate Mainframe Applications

1️⃣ Mainframe Automation APIs (Best way)

Many terminal emulators provide automation APIs / libraries.

Examples:

  • HLLAPI (High Level Language API)

  • EHLLAPI

You can automate using:

  • Java

  • C#

  • Python

Example flow:

Connect to session
Send keys
Read screen text
Validate data

2️⃣ RPA Tools

RPA tools support mainframe automation very well.

Common tools:

  • UiPath

  • Automation Anywhere

  • Blue Prism

They use screen scraping + terminal APIs.

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Shail 30/01/2025 in  IT Courses/Mainframe

How difficult is mainframe programming?

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Sadiq replied | 1 day ago

It's not that the mainframe is hard to learn. In fact, the environment is pretty easy to understand once you get past the archaic naming (but let's not kid ourselves: on the POSIX side we're still running t[ape]ar[chive] and other archaic tools too).

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Gayathri 30/01/2025 in  IT Courses/Mainframe

What are the advantages of a Mainframe computer?

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Sadiq replied | 1 day ago

Mainframe computers are large, powerful, and centralized computing systems designed for high-volume, mission-critical tasks. They are often considered the backbone of the digital economy, handling massive, simultaneous data processing tasks that smaller, distributed servers cannot.

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