Re: Java Programming for Windows

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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:35:25 -0500

Thanks, that's very encouraging. I am considering a masters in software
engineering, but my background is in chemical and network engineering rather
than coding, although I have done a few things in quick basic and fortran.
I am learning JavaScript on my own, and the switch is fairly simple -
conditional statements and loops are the same just different syntax.

My concern is that if I go into a masters dedicated to software development
that they may require c++. Any thoughts on what the universities are
requiring these days?

I think you've convinced me though because I can immediately create applets
to use in my classroom even if I don't pursue the masters, and there is an
option for programming stand-alone devices, and java was written for that,
was it not??

Thanks again,

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"Roger" <roger@senanque.co.nz> wrote in message
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> The only answer you are likely to get from this group is that Java is
> the best language ever :)
>
> Java runs on Windows and does perfectly good graphics. I'm not into
> graphics programming myself but there are plenty of good Java programs
> around that demonstrate graphics running on windows. They also run on
> other platforms, so if youchange your mind about windows you don't
> have to rewrite all your code.
>
> Java is easier than C++ (quite a lot easier, actually). These days I
> only use C++ if I am doing very low level stuff, or integrating Java
> with something else.
>
> Applets are always Java, by definition, although you can do similar
> things in ActiveX and .NET (ie write code that is downloaded to the
> browser).
>
> Java tools are often free (download the JDK from Sun and the Eclipse
> IDE and you have an excellent development system).
>
> Books: I learned on "Java 2 and Javascript for C and C++ programmers",
> Daconta et al, Wiley, but you don't have a C++ background so (while I
> recommend that) it may not suit you. Do go for a how-to book rather
> than the type that just provide APIs on paper. You get the APIs from
> the web. There are tutorials on Sun's site (http://java.sun.com) which
> help a lot too. Note that you are probably interested in J2SE rather
> than the other flavours.
>
> One of the nice things about Java is that it is very easy to generate
> documentation from code so any libraries are usually distributed with
> web pages. Most of the syntax is fairly simple, you learn it quickly,
> but the libraries are huge and ever expanding so the on-line docs are
> important.
>
> Hope that helps.

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