Ada and GNAT Pro Training

Course 2 - Introduction to GNAT Pro and GPS for VxWorks 653

Target Audience

Ada developers interested in learning the GNAT Pro technology on VxWorks 653.
Prior familiarity with VxWorks 653 is required, no prior familiarity with GNAT Pro or GPS is required.

Course Duration

3 Days

Course Description

This course presents the GNAT Pro compilation system and the GNAT Programming Studio (GPS) integrated development environment (IDE) for use with the Wind River Platform for Safety Critical ARINC 653 (”AE653″). Students will be instructed in how to take best advantage of the compiler, tools, and IDE for effective system development. The course includes extensive hands-on use of the compiler, the IDE, and the debugger using AE653 on a target board.

Summary of Topics Covered

- Building an executable on the command line

- GNAT file naming rules and conventions

- GNAT compilation environment

- Producing efficient executables

- GNAT project files

- Using GNAT projects to manage large systems

- Using GNAT projects for legacy source file naming schemes

- The GNAT Programming Studio (GPS) IDE

- Managing projects with GPS

- Developing software with GPS

- Target independent debugging with GPS

- Cross development tools