Introduction to Ada 2012
By Tod Gentille
Learn the basics of the general purpose Ada programming language. Learning Ada can be fun and valuable in its own right, but its unique approach can make you a better programmer in languages you already know.
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Level
Beginner
Updated
Jun 19, 2015
Duration
4h 12m
Table of contents
Overview
Overview
5m
Prerequisites
4m
Getting the Tools
3m
Demo: Hello Ada
6m
Demo: Behind the Scenes of Hello Ada
3m
Demo: Use, Rename, Attributes, and More
4m
Ada Grammar
Types, Subtypes, Operators, and Attributes
Overview
4m
Demo: Standard Types
4m
Demo: Integers
7m
Enumerations
5m
Demo: Enumerations
6m
Numeric Operators and Attributes
6m
Demo: Generic I/O
2m
Demo: Modular Operations
3m
Demo: Floating Point Attributes
3m
Demo: Fixed Point Attributes
4m
Summary
2m
Program Flow Control
Overview of If Statement and Expression
3m
Demo: If Statement and Expression
3m
Case Statement and Expression
3m
Demo: Case Statement
4m
Loops
5m
Demo: Loops
7m
Membership Tests and Quantified Expressions
3m
Demo: Membership Tests and Quantified Expressions
5m
Summary
3m
Records
Arrays
Overview
3m
Demo: The Basic Array
2m
Unconstrained Arrays
4m
Demo: Unconstrained Arrays
6m
Attributes and Array Slicing
3m
Strings
2m
Aggregate Initializers
8m
Looping
3m
Demo Specification
2m
Demo: Advanced Array Usage
9m
Summary
2m
Access Types
Introduction
4m
Demo: Basic Access Types
6m
Demo: Linked List with Access Types
6m
Null Exclusions, Dangling References, and Anonymous Types
3m
Summary
2m
Subprograms
Overview
1m
Scope and Nested Blocks, with Demo
5m
Parameter and Subprogram Syntax
5m
Default, Named, and Indefinite Parameters
4m
Subprogram and Parameter Overloading
6m
Demo: The Hailstone Sequence
10m
Summary
2m
Package Basics
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jun 19, 2015
Duration
4h 12m
Description
This course will introduce you to the basics of the Ada language. It will cover concepts that were present in the Ada 83 release but also include features from the current Ada 2012 version. In this course, you'll start with downloading and installing a free and highly capable toolchain for Ada. Then you'll learn the basic concepts and syntax of the language including types/subtypes, expressions, procedures, functions, and packages. By the end of the course, you'll be creating useful applications and kicking yourself for ignoring this powerful and constantly evolving language for so long.
About the author
About the author
Tod has been programming anything he can get his hands on since 1980 when he accidentally discovered an Apple ][ at Argonne National Labs.
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