Introduction to Ada 83 Programming

ADA Training Overview

This course is the first in a two-part series in which the student will learn how to effectively implement a software design using the Ada programming language. In this course, the student will learn how Ada supports software engineering principles, such as abstraction, information hiding, localization, and modularity and how to apply these principles in Ada software development. The student will gain experience with the Ada syntax and semantics for data and program structuring, error management, and information hiding.

The 7-day "Extended Introduction" course offers a detailed analysis of statements, declarations, and typing. This course is valuable for students who are not familiar with high-order languages or advanced data typing concepts.

The 5-day "Standard Introduction" course covers this material at a quicker pace, highlighting the special syntax and semantics entailed in implementing concepts in Ada. This course is designed for students who are experienced with advanced data typing concepts.

ADA Training Prerequisites

None

ADA Training Audience

All Programmers, Designers, and Systems Engineers

ADA Training Course duration

5-7 Days

ADA Training Course Objectives

After this course a student should be able to

Understand Ada 83 in the context of an application domain

Write Ada 83 sequential programs

Understand the rationale for the design of Ada's core features

Resolve basic Ada programming problems

In the workshops, the student will apply the principles taught in the lecture to problems directly related to your work. Whenever possible, your current projects and software will be used for sample problems

ADA Training Course outline

Ada History & Overview

Why learn Ada?
The Software Crisis
Why was Ada developed?
The Ada Solution

Simple Subset of Ada

Lexical Structure
Pragmas
Object Declarations
Named Numbers
Predefined Types
Expressions
Statements
Subprograms

Using Generics

What is a Generic?
How do you use one?
Reading a Generic Formal Part

Introduction to Text I/O

Basic usage of the predefined Text_IO package

Overview of the Compilation System

Language Sensitive Editors?
Compiling your program
Library Management
Linking & Execution your program
Debugging your program

Abstraction, Types & Subtypes

Abstraction
Subtypes
Types

Modularity, Localization & Packages

Modularity
Localization
Packages
Modularization & Localization Strategies

Information Hiding & Private Types

Private Type Declarations
Package Private Part
Operations on Private Types
Limited Types

Scoping & Overloading

Scope of a Declaration
Visibility of a Declaration
Overloading Resolution

Program Structure

Compilation
Compilation Library
Library Unit & Subunits
With Clause
Use Clause
Package Standard
Predefined Packages & Subprograms

Exceptions

Predefined Exceptions
Exception Declaration
Raising an Exception
Handling Exceptions
Exception Propagation

Advanced Types

Discriminated Records
Variant Records
Access Types
Incomplete Types

Ada I/O

Text_IO
Sequential_IO
Direct_IO
Low_Level_IO

Conclusions

ADA Training Materials

Each student will receive a copy of all lecture materials and lab notes.