EECS/CS 285

Java Minicourse - 2 credits

Java in the News
Java in the real world

Fall 1999 Course Information

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

TA: Keith Thompson

• Office hours: Wed. 9-11am, Thurs. 11-1pm, Fri. 10-12noon at a Sun on the 3rd floor of the Media Union.
• email: kdthomps@eecs.umich.edu

Class

• Lectures: Mon. 1001 EECS
  1. Sec. 1 -> 3:30-5:30pm
  2. Sec. 2 -> 6-8pm

Textbooks

• Mastering Java 1.2 (aka Mastering Java 2)
  by John Zukowski
  Publisher: Sybex
• Java and the JDK
  • Sun's Java tutorial
  • Sun's Java API Documentation
  • writing compatible programs

Course Related Links

• Syllabus
• Assignments

Some Java Resources

• Sun's java page - they invented it!
• Sun Java products and APIs for downloading
• JDK 1.0.2
• JDK 1.1

• Java Tutorial
• 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

• Sample code - from Sun
• 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 - 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 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

• VRML and Java
• EARLY ACCESS DEVELOPER RELEASE SOFTWARE. The following Java(tm) platform software is now available for download on the JDC:
  • JavaHelp(tm) 1.0 Release Candidate 1
  • 3.1 Symantec just-in-time (JIT) Compiler
  • Java(tm) Servlet Development Kit 2.1 Software
  • Java Foundation Classes(tm)(JFC) 1.1 Software

• Sun's networked object operating environment
• 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 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

• OOP.