{"product_id":"2940148909965","title":"Ada Distilled: An Introduction to Ada Programming for Experienced Computer Programmers","description":"This book is aimed at experienced programmers who want to learn Ada at the programming level.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not a \"...for dummies\" book, nor is it intended as a program design book. Instead, we\u003cbr\u003ehighlight some key features of the Ada language, with coded examples, that are essential for\u003cbr\u003egetting started as an Ada programmer.\u003cbr\u003eAda is a rich and flexibile language used for designing large-scale software systems. This book\u003cbr\u003eemphasizes syntax, control structures, subprogram rules, and how-to coding issues rather than\u003cbr\u003edesign issues. There are other really fine books available that deal with design. Also, this is not a\u003cbr\u003ecomprehensive treatment of the Ada language. The bibliography lists some books that can help\u003cbr\u003eyou once you have finished the material in this book.\u003cbr\u003eThink of this a quick-start book, one that enables you, the experienced programmer, to get into the\u003cbr\u003eAda language quickly and easily. The examples use text-oriented programs for simplicity of\u003cbr\u003elearning. If you prefer to do the exercises for a GUI environment, check out the sites listed for\u003cbr\u003ecompilers and tools so you can download bindings for programming in a variety of windowing\u003cbr\u003eenvironments, including Wintel, Linux, and Unix. Of particular interest to those wanting to\u003cbr\u003eexplore Window style programming are GtkAda, CLAW, GWindows, and JEWL. The last of\u003cbr\u003ethese, JEWL, is especially useful if you have no prior experience writing Windows programs.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184492298480,"sku":"2940148909965","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148909965_p0.jpg?v=1763710237","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148909965","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}