Java Resources, CPSC 331, Fall 2008

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 Java Resources - Basics

If you are not familiar with using java on unix-style operating systems, try the following

“Hello World” for Solaris OS and Linux Tutorial

It will teach you how to compile and execute a Java program on the systems you will be using for your assignments in this course.

The Java tutorials are “practical guides for programmers who want to use the Java programming language to create applications.” Tutorials in the Getting Started and the Learning the Java Language sequences appear to be useful for students wishing to prepare for programming exercises and assignments in CPSC 331.

For those of you familiar with C++ but just starting with java, the following links may also be

This web page contains information about using assertions in Java

This web page contains specifications of the Java api, i.e., descriptions and specifications for all the classes, etc., provided by Java.

This web page contains information on the javadoc utility for automatically generating documentation of java code by embedding specially-formatted comments in the .java files. The online documentation for the Java API was generated using javadoc.


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