EECS/CS 284 section 001

Java Minicourse

Java in the News

• Wanna help make a cool Java web page?

• Get Roaster for the Mac for only $59!

• "Sun Sues Microsoft, Charging Theft of Java Programming"
  Sun's version
• MICROSOFT TRIES TO DERAIL JAVA
  In a move aimed at deflating the impact of Sun Microsystems' Java programming language, Microsoft has developed a rival product called Windows DNA, short for Distributed Net Applications. DNA uses Component Object Model technology to combine pieces of software written in any programming language, including Java, and is geared toward users of Windows 95 or Windows NT software. "The benefits of Java that have been claimed are something that we are delivering, but we're delivering it within the existing environment that people already have," says a Microsoft VP. The company hopes to prevent programmers from migrating to the Java alliance, which is supported by Sun, IBM, Oracle and Netscape. (Wall Street Journal 24 Sep 97)

Fall 1997 Course Information

• Office hours
• Phone:763-1156 (1213 EECS) 936-1564 (176 ATL)
• email: bartlett@eecs.umich.edu

GSI: Cheekeong Soo

• Office hours: Tues. 1-3pm, Thurs. 1-2pm, Fri. 1-2 pm in 2341 EECS
  
• email: airsoo@engin.umich.edu

Class

• Lectures: Mon. 3:30 - 5 1001 EECS first half of the semester
  4 - 5 for the second half of the semester

Textbooks

• Mastering Java 1.1 by Vanhelsuwe, Phillips, Hsu, Sankar, Ries, etc.
  Publisher: Sybex
• Java and the JDK
  • Sun's Java tutorial
  • Sun's Java API Documentation
  • writing compatible programs

Course Related Links

• Syllabus
• Assignments
• Students
• Java FAQ
• class Not-Necessarily-FAQ - answers to questions everyone might be interested in hearing (Frequent Asking of the Question not necessary!)

Some Java Resources

• Sun's java page - they invented it!
• Sun Java products and APIs for downloading
• JDK 1.0.2

• Digital Cat's Java Tool list
• Java Newsletter

• Sample code - Gamelan site for developer resources
• Sample code - Java Boutique
• Sample code - Java Applet Rating Service AppletBank
• Sample applets - Caffeine Connection
• Sample code Netscape Java Applets
• Sample code - InfoBase
• 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

Some Java Code Development Environments

• Borland JBuilder
• Sun Java Workshop
• Symantec Cafe
• Roaster

Reviews of others.

Some HTML Resources

• A Beginner's Guide to HTML brought to you by the makers of Mosaic
• Crash Course in HTML
• 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

• distributed Java applications.
• Java IDL (Interface Definition Language) alpha release.
• Java RMI (Remote Method Invocation) alpha release.
• Java ORB (Object Request Broker) alpha release.
• Sun's networked object operating environmentalpha release.

• UI toolkit - free!
• HORB a free package that supports distributed Java programming.
• IFC free Internet Foundation Classes - a pure-Java windowing system built on top of the AWT

• 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 OOP Resources

• OOP.