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From: harden@ics.COM (Aub Harden)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Question about X Window training Course
Summary: ICS provides X Training
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Date: 12 Jul 89 19:55:33 GMT
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Organization: Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc., Cambridge MA
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Integrated Computer Solutions provides hands-on X training.
Students spend at least half of their time in the lab, with
no more than two people per station. 

Our principal instructor is Mark Ackerman, one of the 
original implementors of the Athena Widget set.

Courses which we offer include:

Programming the X Window System (3 and 4 day sessions)
The 3 day session assumes C, Unix, graphics background, 
some experience using X.
The 4 day session assumes C, Unix, no graphics 
background, no experience using X.
covering- X architecture, Xt toolkit programming, Xlib 
 programming, mixing widgets from different widget sets,
 mixing Xt and Xlib calls.

Widget Writing (2 days)
Assumes C, Unix, basic knowledge of Xt Intrinsics,
'Programming the X Window System' or equivalent.
covering- Xt widget architecture, classing and subclassing 
 mechanisms, inheritance, resources, and translation 
 management.

Motif (2 days)
Assumes C, Unix, 'Programming the X Window System' 
or equivalent.
covering- UIL, Motif toolkit, style guide, and programming 
 conventions.

Overview of the X Window System (1 day, lecture only)
covering- Overall X architecture, each component and its 
 relation to the entire system, the underlying philosophy,
 system features and deficiencies, industry position of X,
 and the future directions for X.

We have sessions scheduled for August 7-11 and 
August 21-25 at MIT. Only 'Programming the X Window System'
(3 day session) and 'Widget Writing' will be offered.

Additional sessions in the fall will take place in 
Manhattan, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C.  Specific
dates have not yet been set. All courses will be offered.

For further information, send mail to info@ics.com, or
call Linda Drukman at 617/547-0510, or FAX 617/547-0758.

-Aub Harden
 Integrated Computer Solutions
 163 Harvard Street
 Cambridge, MA  02139