zApp Developer's Suite

Overview

The zApp training course is structured around three fundamental concepts:

1. The development of zApp based GUI applications requires knowledge of four fundamental disciplines: Object Oriented Development, GUI Standards, C++, and zApp Frameworks. The zApp Seminar presents a unified overview of these four disciplines as directed to the task of GUI application development. By presenting these four subjects as a single discipline the seminar can effectively reach both the expert and beginning C++ programmer.
2. Teaching the specifics of an application framework by utilizing lots of little sample programs is not very effective for most programmers. The zApp Seminar is structured around the task of developing a large application that captures real-world development problems.
3. Programmers learn by doing. The zApp Seminar is designed with Lab sessions at the end of each chapter. The zApp Seminar is flexible in its design and promotes experimentation on both the students and instructor's part.

Outline

1. Fundamentals of GUI Design
   • Principles and Methodology
   • Input
   • Windows and Window
2. Components
   • Window Operations
   • Dialog Boxes
3. Fundamentals of OOD and OOP
   • Abstraction
   • Encapsulation
   • Hierarchy
   • Classes
   • Relationships
4. Overview of C++
   • Declaration
   • Implementation
   • Instantiation
   • Inheritance
   • Mechanisms
5. Cross-platform Development
   • Windows NT, OS/2, Unix
   • Compilers
   • Editors
   • Libraries
   • Navigation Assistance
   • Structural Analysis
6. Analysis of the zApp Framework
   • Events
   • Frames
   • Panes
   • Menus
   • Status Bar
   • Control Bar
   • Message Loops
   • Position and Dimension
   • Focus
   • Dialog Boxes
   • Multiple Document Interface
7. The Design Process
   • Analysis
   • Design
   • Implementation
   • Review
   • Project Specifications
8. zApp Factory
   • Project Manager
   • Designers
   • Events
   • Testing
   • Naming Conventions
   • Understanding Factory generated code
9. Framework Access
10. Techniques
    • Inheritance
    • Pointer manipulation
11. Processing Dialog Boxes
    • Initializing and Retrieving Data
12. Data Structures
    • Strings
    • Linked List
    • Dynamic Arrays
13. Display
    • Tables
    • Panes
    • Page Design and Layout
    • Coordinate Systems
    • Scrolling
    • Charting
14. Printing
15. Clipboard
16. Debugging
    • The debug libraries
    • ZNEW