Object-Oriented Programing and Java

Java Lecture Notes

• Object-Oriented Programming - Introduction  
• Java Language Intro:  6 slides per page  3 slides per page with room for notes

Java Documentation and Tutorial

• All JDK 1.3.1 Documentation
• Java 1.3.1 API Specification  
• Sun online Java Tutorial  
• Sun's Java Home Page

Java Implementations

There are many Java implementations that are free or very inexpensive.  Here are some that you might find useful.

• Sun JDK 1.3.1 (standard libraries plus command-line tools; Windows, Unix/Linux; already included in Mac OS X)
• Sun JDK 1.4 release candidate 
• BlueJ (lightweight IDE plus debugger that runs on top of Sun's JDK; Windows, Mac, Unix/Linux)
• Borland JBuilder (full-featured IDE with graphical designer, etc.; personal edition is free; Windows, Mac, Unix/Linux)
• JCreator (Windows only, interface very similar to Visual Studio; runs on top of Sun's JDK)
• Forte for Java (from Sun, based on NetBeans & aimed at server-side developers; runs on top of Sun's JDK; complex)

If your favorite implementation is missing, please send mail to the instructor with a url

Other Java links

• Brewing Java (Another tutorial)
• Java Lecture Notes from Polytechnic University
• Java FAQ Site
• Anothe FAQ Site
• Java Developer's Journal
• Gamelan Java Archive
• Java World
• Porting C++ to Java
• Pizza (an extension of Java)

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