Motif 1 covers the basics of Motif and enough X Windows programming to get the student started. Motif is a graphical user interface that provides a rich set of widgets for the programmer. X Windows runs on a wide variety of platforms, but is mostly used on Linux and Unix® based systems. This course covers setting up the main loop, creating basic widgets include the the DrawingArea widget, and the Xlib function calls to support drawing.

Motif 1 is a 5 day course covering 40 hours of combined lecture and lab work. Hands on lab work is heavily emphasized and class size is limited to 12 students. The next class will be starting in September. A solid understanding of C is required. Students should be familiar with pointers and double pointers. Knowledge of using Linux or Unix is helpful.

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