Try Out Lovelace!

Why use Lovelace?

• It's interactive! Lovelace is broken into a number of sections, most of which end in a quiz. By taking the quizzes you'll remember more.
• It has information you want to know! Lovelace shows how to use Ada to develop object-oriented applications and generate Java applets and applications. It shows how to use other applications, even if they aren't written in Ada, and how to develop multitasking programs. Lovelace covers (at least briefly) the entire Ada language, so you'll understand its capabilities. It even includes useful sections on special material, such as how to use Ada in safety-critical programs and the location of major Ada WWW sites.
• It takes advantage of WWW technology! If you're looking at an example, you can modify it or compile it with the click of a button! Lovelace also includes many "footnote" links to related information - if you want more detail about a specific subject, you can see it immediately.
• It's fun! Lovelace now includes animated graphics, lots of icons, colored text, backgrounds, and other niceties that make it fun to use. It culminates in a small object-oriented adventure game that's just large enough to show how many of Ada's features can be used together.

If you'd prefer to use Lovelace as a book, you won't need to wait much longer. If all goes well, Lovelace will soon be available as a book through Springer-Verlag. The currently-planned title is Ada 95: The Lovelace Tutorial by David A. Wheeler, ISBN 0-387-94801-5.

Lovelace's primary URL (address) is "http://www.adahome.com/Tutorials/Lovelace/lovelace.html". To see it, start up a web browser (like Netscape Navigator) and select "File/Open Location".
Take a look today!