Re: Newbie Needs Ada Advice

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <jrcarter@acm.org>]

ezkcdude wrote:
> I'm interested in using Ada, so I installed the GNAT compiler on
> Windows (tried on Mac, but I had problems with X11). Anyway, I want to
> dive in head-first, and my main question is how do you guys write
> programs with GUIs? Do you use the gdk toolkit primarily? Also, the
> application I eventually have in mind is for automated control of a
> microscope, so I need to be able to interface with drivers/serial
> ports/firewire/etc. Do you have any advice for me to help me along?
> Thanks! Looks like a nice newsgroup to visit.

If you're a beginner, and using Windows, you might like to look at JEWL 
for a GUI, at least at 1st. It's not full featured, but it is easy to 
use. (The event-queue interface might spoil you when you want to switch 
to a more complete library with callbacks.) GtkAda is a pretty good, 
fairly portable library; CLAW is very good if you're willing to stick 
with Windows.

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Jeff Carter
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