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Get started writing software in the most advanced yet easily learned programming language in the world. Ada is the time-tested, safe and secure programming language used for long-lived critical application development.

1. Install Ada » 2. Learn and Connect » 3. Share Ada »

Benefits and Features of Ada

Benefits

Development cost savings
Maturity of language and implementations
Freely available international standard
Interoperability with other languages
Ease of training programmers
Successful usage in practice
Software portability
Professional grade Open Source compilers

Features

Support for “programming in the large”
Flexibility
Data Abstraction and Information Hiding
Reusability
Concurrency support
Methodology neutrality
Real-time support
Mission and Safety-critical support

Step 1 - Install Ada

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Install on FreeBSD and DragonFly

Run: pkg install gps-ide

More information on Ada related ports are available in the Ada Programming Wiki Book.

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Install on GNU/Linux

For Debian/Ubuntu/LinuxMint Run: aptitude install gnat
For Gentoo Run: emerge dev-lang/gnat
For Fedora Run: yum install fedora-gnat-project-common gprbuild

More information on Ada related ports are available in the Ada Programming Wiki Book.

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Install on Mac OS X

Download from the gnuada sourceforge site.
cd /
sudo tar jxvf ~/Downloads/gcc-4.9.1-x86_64-apple-darwin13.tar.bz2
put /opt/gcc-4.9.1/bin first on your PATH.
If you wish to use the gdb debugger without being root see how to codesign the debugger. (This is _not_ required to get started.)

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Install on Windows

TDM-GCC is the most current version of gcc/ada available for 32 and 64bit Windows. Make sure to add Ada under the options for languages during installation
MingGW 32bit install
Cygwin 32 or 64bits Install the MinGW versions of gcc/ada compiler from within cygwin unless compiling GPL licensed code, executables will not use Unix like paths, etc and be true Windows executables. (To compile use x86_64-mingw32-gnatmake (for 64bits) or i686-w64-ming32-gnatmake (for 32bits))
Install GWindows for GUI programming from The Gnavi Project on Sourceforge

A commercial Ada '95 compiler good for Ada starters on Windows including CLAW for GUI programming is available from RR Software

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Install on Raspbian on Raspberry Pi

Run: apt-get install gnat

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Download a Virtual Machine

Docker: nacyot / ada-gnat

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Step 2 - Learn Ada and Connect to Others

Learn Ada
Connect with others
- comp.lang.ada
- #Ada on Freenode
- #Ada-DK (Ada Denmark) on Freenode
- Linked.in Ada Group
- Ada Google Plus Community
- StackOverflow Ada Tag
- Reddit for Ada
- Facebook page
- French: fr.comp.lang.ada
- Join Active Ada e-Mail lists
  - Team-Ada Ada Advocacy List
  - Mac OS X Ada progamming Gnat-OSX list
  - Windows Ada programming GWindows list (About GWindows)
  - Cloud/Web App Ada Progamming Gnoga List (About Gnoga)
  - Debian GNU/Linux maintainers' List
  - Emacs Ada Mode Ada Mode List (About Emacs Ada Mode)
- Read Ada Blogs
Get Ada Code for Reuse
Visit Ada Sites
Join an Ada user Group
- USA - SigAda
  - US Local Sigs
- Europe - Ada Europe
- Ada Deutschland
- Ada-Belgium
- Ada France
- Ada-Switzerland
- Ada Denmark
- Ada Sweden
- Ada Russia

Step 3 - Share Ada with Others

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