Ada-Belgium keeps getting requests for information on Ada courses.
We intend to provide here information on Ada education and training in or near Belgium, and pointers to other sources that can be consulted. Feel free to contribute to this list, or to update your entry. (Note that we do not actively maintain these entries: they are updated when the resp. companies provide us new information.)
Objektum (www.objektum.com) is an ISO 9001:2000 certified, independent provider of tailored training, consultancy and mentoring, specialising in object oriented, real-time and embedded systems. Its customised courses and workshops are designed to provide the skills, tools and knowledge necessary to implement systems accurately and de-risk projects.
Objektum provides a number of Ada-specific training courses including:
Objektum also supplies Ada consultants for one-on-one mentoring and support.
Last update: 2007/05/29.
From: AdaCore news - Winter 2007. Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007
AdaCore offers training from some of the foremost experts on the Ada programming language and GNAT Pro technology. See www.adacore.com/home/gnatpro/add-on_services/training or contact AdaCore directly at sales@adacore.com.
Last update: 2007/02/12.
Information (in French) is available on training offered by Adalog, as well as a calendar of the public training sessions.
Jean-Pierre Rosen, Adalog
Last update: 2006/06/26.
Details of public SPARK Ada training courses for 2004 can now be found on www.sparkada.com. There's also a new 1-day course all about RavenSPARK intended for experienced SPARK users, or for folks also attending the basic "Software Engineering with SPARK" course in the same week.
Rod Chapman, SPARK Team, Praxis Critical Systems
Last update: 2003/10/16.
John Robinson & Associates, market leading supplier of Ada training and consulting services, celebrate their 14th anniversary in 1999. Formed as Knowledge Base Services Ltd (KBSL) in 1985, the company has trained over 1600 delegates in Ada and related technologies and have built a reputation for delivering effective and pragmatic Ada training focussed on design style and philosophy rather than language basics. The company's commitment to Ada, and track record in delivering Ada training of exceptional quality, is unrivalled.
John Robinson & Associates offer a public schedule of Ada courses for newcomers to Ada and for Ada 83 programmers who wish to upgrade to Ada 95. Attendees at these public courses are provided with an Ada-enabled laptop for the duration of the course, and are welcome to make use of this equipment outside of the core course hours should they wish to do so.
Courses are also held on-site at clients' premises and can be readily tuned to meet the precise requirements of each individual client. Courses may make use of in-house compilers. Alternatively, John Robinson & Associates are able to supply compilers for installation on client PCs or even provide Ada-enabled laptops for the duration of the course. No additional charges are made for either service.
Contact information:
John Robinson & Associates 2 Currer Street Oakenshaw | Phone +44 1274 691935 Bradford | Fax +44 8700 558750 West Yorks BD12 7DP | Email john@jr-and-assoc.demon.co.uk U.K. | URL www.jr-and-assoc.demon.co.uk/public.htm
Last update: 1999/01/19.
Since 1986, OFFIS delivers Ada courses ranging from 2 days tutorials to two weeks in-depth courses with exercises. The courses are based on a software engineering approach with Ada rather than on a feature by feature study of the language.
Courses may be given for a mixed audience (people from multiple companies attending) or specifically for one company targetting their particular needs. In this case they can be given on-site.
The course material covers the Ada 83 language; the Ada 95 extensions can be presented separately if required.
Contact information:
OFFIS nv/sa Atlas Park Weiveldlaan 41 B.32 | Phone +32(2)725.40.25 B-1930 Zaventem | Fax +32(2)725.40.12 BELGIUM | Email info@offis.be
Last update: 1998/04/07.
The Ada-Belgium Meetings and Conferences page gives information on events we organize, a.o. a course on Ada 95 thaught end of 1998 and again early 2001.
Ada Distilled (pdf format) by Richard Riehle is aimed at experienced programmers who want to learn Ada at the programming level. The book summarizes some key features of the Ada language that are essential for getting started. Think of this a quick-start book, one that enables the experienced programmer to get into the Ada language quickly and easily.
General Information on How to Learn Ada as well as Free Ada Textbooks are available on the AdaIC server.
Some older on-line resources:
To the Ada-Belgium home page.
Last update: 2007/05/29.
Dirk Craeynest