Re: Introductory Ada Programming Book

[Andrew Shvets <andrew.shvets@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 8:14:28 PM UTC-5, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Andrew Shvets <and...@gmail.com> writes:
> > As someone that came from C/C++, Java and Python many of the concepts
> > that were in Ada were not easy to digest at first.  After spending a
> > fair amount of time looking for a guide that would help me out
> 
> I thought the following were good, though not complete:
> 
> * http://cowlark.com/2014-04-27-ada/index.html
> 

I have to admit, this is the first time seeing this page.  It looks good.  I still think that when it comes to best teaching Ada to newcomers, the more advanced typing information should be reserved for later on (if you know nothing about it, this is very confusing and unclear.)

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

> 
> This is about Ada 2005:
> 
> * http://www.adaic.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Ada-Distilled-24-January-2011-Ada-2005-Version.pdf
> 
> The Ada 2012 changes generally seemed straightforward and sensible to me.
> 
> > https://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Ada-Programming-Book-Programmers-ebook/dp/B01N6D5TPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483189391&sr=8-1&keywords=introductory+ada
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6D5TPE/ is a shorter url that should reach
> the same page.  I can't access it right now because of issues at my end
> though.

Thanks for the heads up.

> 
> > The goal was to create a roadmap for those new to Ada learn more
> > quickly and gain a certain level of mastery.
> 
> There's a Wikibook about Ada that I've been wanting to read:
> 
>   https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Subject:Ada_programming_language

I've seen that.  It's not bad.  I still think that many of the explanations can be better and having something that walks you through how to install the compiler as well as how to debug would be a major plus.