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