[gtkada] Window reference.

[Paul Cass]

Rick said:"Another great thing about Ada is that you get lots of great typing practice!  :)"
 
You obviously never wrote any Cobol.  :o)
 
My first programming unit at uni used pascal as the learning language.  Our (female) lecturer would write some code on an overhead projector slide (mid 80's) and then say "isn't that an elegant solution?".  Never forgot that and always strived to write code that was concise, elegant and, hopefully, readable. 
 
Paul


From: Rick Duley <rickduley at gmail.com>
To: Pascal <sur.pignard at wanadoo.fr>
Cc: gtkada at lists.adacore.com; Paul Cass <cassp41 at yahoo.com.au>
Sent: Sunday, 15 May 2011 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [gtkada] Window reference.


Hi Pascal 
  
>  But is it not useful for newbies or for prototyping user interfaces? 
  
IMHO it is useful if you do not have 'Gadget' and 'Walker'.  :) 
  
One of the reasons I love Ada is the control and the clinical elegance in the code.  Code from a code generator makes me want to throw up.  Not only that, it if fiendishly hard to maintain - which, again, flies in the face of the Ada ethos. 
  
Another great thing about Ada is that you get lots of great typing practice!  :) 
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On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Pascal <sur.pignard at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

Thanks Rick and Paul for your kind answers.
>Rick, I've just downloaded many material from your website, I'll keep you inform of my progress...
>
>In fact, I was looking for some RAD IDE for programming graphic applications in Ada on Mac.
>I thought Glade with GtkAda using gate generator (and GPS) could do the job even it's not really "integrated" ;-)
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>I understand that this concept have serious limitations when application is growing.
>But is it not useful for newbies or for prototyping user interfaces?
>In that cases the more is done automatically the better is.
>
>Wondering, if the window reference function shouldn't be generated by gate?
>
>Regards, Pascal.
>http://blady.pagesperso-orange.fr
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>Le 13 mai 2011 à 06:42, Paul Cass a écrit :
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>> Rick,
>>     I have to agree, but I think these generators have some use to get started.  If you write these types of programs often enough and have built up a library of code examples then your way is better.
>>
>> FWIW I built my little Sudoku program after having a very good look at your Gadget and Walker programs and using some of your techniques. :o)  I only wrote it for fun (I'm retired) and to keep myself somewhat in touch with Ada.  The program remains unfinished as the logic for solving harder puzzles is quite complex and I have other interests.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Paul
>> From: Rick Duley <rickduley at gmail.com>
>> To: gtkada at lists.adacore.com
>> Sent: Friday, 13 May 2011 8:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [gtkada] gtkada Digest, Vol 79, Issue 2
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>> IMHO, you should dump code generators altogether and write your widgets the way you want them.  It's the only way I know to have some form of control over the output. Go to http://adasafehouse.webs.com/GtkAda.html and try either 'Gadget' or 'Walker'.  It's a lot of work but it's worth it.
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