Fortran 95 Programming: Upgrading Skills from Fortran 77 UK Classes & Lessons (Development)

About this class

This course is aimed at existing Fortran 77 programmers wanting to update their skills and learn about the most recent version of the Fortran 90/95 language. With reference to the changes introduced in Fortran 90, Fortran 95 and ISO TR 15580/15581. Covering Fortran's new features an discovering it's powerful and expressive language capable of solving a wide range of problem types.

What delegates will learn

This course is run as an intensive three day mix of lectures with hands on practical exercises.Upon completion of the course delegates should be able to:

Write programs using Fortran 95 language syntax
Compile programs from the command line
Identify differences between Fortran 95 and earlier versions

What prerequisites are required

Delegates should have experience of programming in Fortran 77. Experience with the command line interface to the host computer. Using an editor.

Contents of this class

The design and evolution of the Fortran Language, Fortran 66, Fortran 77, Fortran 90, Fortran 95, ISO TR 15580, ISO TR 15581 and Fortran 2000. Its relationship to other languages, including C, C++, C#, Pascal Visual Basic etc.
The New Source Form
Arithmetic and the specification of precision
Arrays and whole array processing
The new intrinsic functions
The new control structures
Scoping
User defined data types
Dynamic Data Types
Modules and Packaging
Some Case Studies