View.h++ Training Course

View.h++ training begins with a 3-day class covering all the basic concepts needed to program successfully with View.h++. The follow-up 2-day course covers some advanced programming techniques and includes an extended example of how to create an application with View.h++.

Introductory Course - 3 days

This class begins with basic concepts and develops from there into discussions of all the major elements of the View.h++ controller class library, complete with examples and supplemented by a substantial group of related labs.

Day 1

Introduction

Review of Motif and Xt Intrinsics

A quick survey of View.h++

Programming in View.h++ Controller Classes

• Manager Classes
• Button Classes

Day 2

Programming in View.h++ Controller Classes

• Menus
• Gadgets
• Text
• Common User Access (CUA)
• Specialized Managers
• Dialogs

Day 3

Programming in View.h++ Controller Classes

• Auxiliary Windows and Shell Windows
• Lists
• File Selection Dialog
• Drawing Area
• XPM
• Scroll Bars

Advanced Course - 2 days

This class deals with the application classes in View.h++, and includes discussions of extending the View.h++ library and customizing widgets.

Day 1

Developing in View.h++ Using the Application Classes

• The MVC Paradigm
• Customization
• Drag and Drop
• Motif Clipboard
• Destructor Issues
• Internationalization
• Debugging View.h++ Applications

Day 2

Comprehensive Exercise: A complete application in View.h++