Ada · Easy

Lesson 1 · On the house

Packages: spec and body

Split interface from implementation with package specs (.ads) and bodies (.adb).

Lesson 2

Private types

Hide representation with private and limited private types and expose only operations.

Lesson 3

Access types

Pointers with access, new, null, all, Unchecked_Deallocation, and linked lists.

Lesson 4

Generics

Generic subprograms and packages with type and subprogram parameters, and instantiation.

Lesson 5

Tagged types and dispatching

Object-oriented Ada: tagged records, extension, overriding, class-wide types, and dynamic dispatch.

Lesson 6

Discriminated and variant records

Records parameterized by discriminants, variable-length fields, and variant parts.

Lesson 7

Standard containers

Ada.Containers.Vectors, Ordered_Maps, iteration, and cursors.

Lesson 8

Contracts

Pre and Post conditions, Type_Invariant, Static_Predicate, and Assertion_Policy.

Lesson 9

Text and file I/O

Create, write, reopen, and read files line by line with Ada.Text_IO.

Lesson 10

Operator overloading

Define "+", "*", "=", and "<" for your types, plus use type clauses.