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This course emphasizes the fundamental principles and technology of Graphical User Interface (GUI) design with emphasis on the X Windows System and Motif. Aspects of designing and implementing Motif GUIs within a UNIX environment are covered. Topics include: The distributed client-server graphics model, event processing, Motif Widget Hierarchy, interclient communication, resource management, window manager interaction, the graphics context, fonts, and the X color model. Emphasis is on the development of Motif applications using the C language.
If time permits, we can work on any of the following subjects:
I have been teaching at Johns Hopkins for several years. I have taught this course since the Fall of '95 but have also taught Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence: Neural Networks.
I am a Senior Software Engineer at smallish company in Rockville, MD, called Manugistics. We write software that helps companies keep their shelves stocked with the right amount of inventory. I currently am doing a lot of object oriented analysis, design and coding for a new client-server object-oriented release.
Prior to my position at Manugistics, I was a consultant at AT&T in Reston, VA. My job was to help in the implementation of an object-oriented client-server order entry system. This system was to be used by the operators taking orders for middle sized businesses. I also wrote several tools using OSF/Motif to aid in some of our administrative tasks.
Before AT&T, I worked for 8 years at IBM/Loral (I left before it became Lockheed-Martin). I was working on a simulator, using the technologies already listed above. I also wrote analysis tools using OSF/Motif.
My PC at home runs a flavor of Unix called Linux. My system also runs X11R6 and Motif 2.0. I have a C++ development environment and many other tools, including those that are standard to all Unix Operating Systems.