From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.66.142.106 with SMTP id rv10mr52838180pab.21.1416004723402; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:38:43 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.214.34 with SMTP id nx2mr76809obc.17.1416004723245; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:38:43 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!h15no391455igd.0!news-out.google.com!c9ni14081igv.0!nntp.google.com!h15no391448igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:38:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2602:301:7780:92b0:983d:f83b:4a39:93e4; posting-account=XrU4OgoAAADEPkoULFhRQzFYU74OGc9X NNTP-Posting-Host: 2602:301:7780:92b0:983d:f83b:4a39:93e4 References: <2e8f1414-5556-465f-a7bc-f1513ec973aa@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <9c82949b-52a3-4911-a7ab-02298d368417@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: IDE's that support ADA From: rriehle@itu.edu Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:38:43 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23335 Date: 2014-11-14T14:38:43-08:00 List-Id: On Sunday, October 26, 2014 12:02:51 PM UTC-7, Niklas Holsti wrote: > On 14-10-26 20:34 , nathandsash@gmail.com wrote: > > I know that Vi/Vim and Emacs and other programming > > environments support ADA programming, but how about any > > modern-day IDE's like Visual Studio for instance? >=20 > AdaCore, the company providing the professional and GPL versions of the > GNAT Ada compiler, also provide an IDE called GPS -- comparable to other > "modern" IDEs, IMO, and with several Ada- and GNAT-specific features -- > and a plug-in for Eclipse, which I haven't used. >=20 > --=20 > Niklas Holsti > Tidorum Ltd > niklas holsti tidorum fi > . @ . For writing Ada code in my classroom, I still use AdaGide. It is quick an= d easy, I can enlarge the font on-the-fly with ease, and there is no foolin= g around with creating projects, etc. I just write the code, compile it, a= nd execute with no overhead activity. =20 BTW, for those who do not know, I retired from my professor-ship at the Nav= al Postgraduate School (NPS) a couple of years ago, my second attempt at re= tirement (the first being retirement from AdaWorks). Right after retiring = from NPS (where Ada has become an anathema), I was asked to teach software = engineering classes part-time at a small private school in San Jose, Ca. I= am also teaching a class called Programming Paradigms, and I make it a poi= nt to include Ada as one of the programming languages in that course. =20 The students are usually amazed to see such things as Design by Contract in= a language, along with some of the other unique features of the language. = We only have six hours out of the total of 45 hours of classroom discussio= n for Ada, but at least they get a taste of it. =20 In addition, Ed Colbert is now charged with updating Ada Distilled. I hope= he will be able to complete the updates. I am making some contributions t= o the new edition, and hope to include a software engineering chapter for i= t. Richard Riehle, PhD, International Technological University, San Jose, CA.