Ada and GNAT Pro Training

Course 5 - Ada Programming with GNAT Pro: Beyond Ada 83

Target Audience

Programmers that know Ada 83 and are interested in learning Ada 95 / Ada 2005.
Programmers should be familiar with the content of Course 3.

Course Duration

5 Days

Workshop

Hands-on exercises using the GNAT Pro toolsuite

Course Description

This course provides in-depth coverage of the features introduced in Ada 95, and also covers some of the new facilities in Ada 2005. Particular emphasis is placed on the language’s support for object-oriented programming, hierarchical system development, and concurrent programming using protected types. Also presented are the standard libraries, support for foreign-language interfacing, and overviews of Ada 95’s Specialized Needs Annexes. As a prerequisite, students should have a good foundation in Ada 83 programming.

Summary of Topics Covered

- General access types and access parameters

- Access-to-subprogram types

- Enhancements to generics

- Child library units and hierarchical program construction

- Object-oriented programming using tagged types (type extensions, class-wide programming, abstract types)

- Data-oriented synchronization using protected types

- The predefined libraries in Ada 95

- Mixed-language programming (annex B support for interfacing)

- Low-level programming

- Specialized Need Annexes (systems programming, real-time, distribution, information systems, numerics)

- Ada 83/95 compatibility issues