X Window/Motif Programming

Spring 1996

GCIS 598 X Window/Motif Programming (Lab Fee) 3 M/6:20-8:55 p.m. Gowen

Introduction to X Window/Motif programming in the UNIX environment. Students will build a solid understanding of programming in X Window and Motif. This course will focus on an in depth treatment of X, including client-server, event driven, X Lib, X toolkit, and Motif programming. prerequisite, UNIX System Programming or permission of the instructor. (3 credits)

For more information contact Steve Teller via email at teller@iotsystems.com.
Last updated Mon Oct 23 09:25:11 EDT 1995

Course Syllabus

Week                Topics
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  1      The Story of X and Motif
  2      X Window Introduction
  3      Window Managers
  4      The Client-Server Model
  5      Event Driven Concepts
            HAND-OUT: X User Funamentals Take-Home Exam
  6      Object Oriented Concepts
            DUE: X User Funamentals Take-Home Exam
  7      Resources
  8      X Lib
            DUE: X Window Resource Exercise Programming Assignment
  9      Xt Intrinsics
            DUE: X Lib Programming Assignment
 10      Motif Widgets
            DUE: X Toolkit Programming Assignment
 11      X Event Handling
            HAND-OUT: X Programming Take-Home Exam
 12      Fonts
            DUE: X Programming Take-Home Exam
 13      Interclient Communication
            DUE: Motif Programming Assignment
 14      Creating new widgets
 15      Composite widgets
 16      Constraint widgets
            DUE: Motif Programming Project

4 programming assignments %10 each
2 take home exams         %10 each
Final Motif Project       %40