Versions of LearnAda

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Volume 1 of LearnAda is (or will be) available in three versions, all containing the same basic content but prepared in different formats. All three have the title, "Ada Essentials:  Overview, Examples and Glossary" and all three can be (or will be) ordered via the internet.

Version

Available from:

Printed Book

www.trafford.com
or
www.trafford.com/robots/00-0035.html

Electronic Book or "E-matter"
in Portable Digital Format (PDF).
Users can view the material on-screen and/or create a hardcopy using their own printers.

www.???.com
(computers/programming/languages/Ada)

Browser Version
Download to your computer and view on any modern browser such as Netscape Navigator or MS Internet Explorer

www.learnada.com
or Stage Harbor Software
(see contact information on Feedback page)

For up-to-date information on availability and future plans see the Stage Harbor Software web site at www.learnada.com.

While the three versions have the same organization and are based on the same content (examples, explanations, diagrams, self-test questions, answers, and glossary definitions), they differ in the use of color and navigational techniques. The browser version uses color to advantage and has many useful hyperlinks. For example, any term that is italicized and underlined can be clicked to jump to a definition in the Glossary/Index. From there, section numbers can be clicked to jump to further relevant explanations or examples. Items that are underlined but not italicized can be clicked to jump to another page. Elements in the diagrams that are colored green can be clicked to jump to corresponding lines of Ada code in the source code listings. The PDF version has limited online navigational capabilities, via the use of "bookmarks" and the hyperlinking page numbers appearing  in its Table of Contents.  Both the PDF version and the book version are entirely in black and white. The source code examples in the browser and PDF versions can be conveniently copied and pasted into any Ada compilation system for further use and modification by the user.

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