EECS/CS 285

Java Minicourse - 2 credits

Java in the real world

Help on how to do Java 1.2 on the Mac

Winter 2001 Course Information

• Office hours
• Phone:763-1156 (1213 EECS)
• email: bartlett@eecs.umich.edu

TA: Nasir Mohammad

• Office hours:
  • Tues. 11-1pm Science Learning Center (Chem. Building on Central Campus)
  • Thurs. 11-1pm Science Learning Center (Chem. Building on Central Campus)
  • Fri. 10-1pm Media Union (3rd floor southwest wing near printer mu3sw)
• email: smohamma@umich.edu

Class

• Lectures: Mon. 1001 EECS
  1. Sec. 1 -> 3:30-5:30pm

Textbooks

• Java and the JDK
  • Sun's Java tutorial
  • Sun's Java API Documentation

Course Related Links

• Syllabus
• Assignments

• Thread lecture slides

• Modified applets
• EECS/CS 285 Persons

Some Java Resources

• Java MIDI API

• Sun's java page - they invented it!
• Sun Java products and APIs for downloading
• JDK 1.1

• O'Reilly's Java Reference Library
• Dick Baldwin's Java Tutorials

• Digital Cat's Java Resource Center
• Java Newsletter
• JavaWorld Online Magazine
• Java Report Online Magazine
• JavaSide
• Gamelan

• Sample code - from Sun
• Sample code - Java Boutique
• Sample code - J*ava On the Brain
• Sample code - Java Applet Rating Service AppletBank
• Sample applets - Caffeine Connection
• Sample code
• Sample code - free java applets by authors from around the world
• Sample code from Bodo's Lair
• Sample code from O'Reilly's Exploring Java
• Sample code from O'Reilly's Java in a Nutshell 2nd Edition
  
• converting 1.0 applets to 1.1
• writing compatible programs
• Troubleshooting your Java Applets on Unix with Netscape
• Java FAQ

• Documentation for CAEN support for Java

Some Java Code Development Environments

• Borland JBuilder
• Sun Forte (free)
• WebGain Visual Cafe
• Oracle JDeveloper
• Metrowerks CodeWarrior

Reviews of others.

Some HTML Resources

• A Beginner's Guide to HTML brought to you by the makers of Mosaic
• The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
• HTML v3.2 Reference
• list of references
• Weblint a syntax and minimal style checker for HTML written in Perl

Advanced Java Stuff

• Various Sun Tutorials including advanced topics
• Java 2 Enterprise Edition Tutorial
• VRML and Java
• Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition, Wireless Toolkit 1.0.1
• Java 2 Platform Micro Edition, Wireless Toolkit 1.0.2 Early Access
• Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition, Connected Limited Device Configuration Version 1.0.2
• Java Card 2.1.2 Development Kit
• Sun's networked object operating environment
• UI toolkit - free!
• HORB a free package that supports distributed Java programming.

• Java related news groups
  • comp.lang.java.advocacy
  • comp.lang.java.announce
  • comp.lang.java.api
  • comp.lang.java.misc
  • comp.lang.java.programmer
  • comp.lang.java.security
  • comp.lang.java.setup
  • comp.lang.java.tech
    
  • defines acronyms and terms seen in comp.lang.java.*

Some Unix Resources

• UNIX Tutorials
  
• ITD's Crea te, Copy, Rename, and Remove Unix Files & Directories
  
• ITD's List Contents and Navigate Unix Directories
  
• ITD's Freq uently Used Unix Commands
  
• CAEN's list of Unix Commands
  

Some OOP Resources

• Java and OOP.