The Perpetually Unfinished guides to Java(tm)

Table of Contents

• About these Guides
• Copyrights and Trademarks
• Standard Conventions
• Other sources of Java Information
• Start Here

About these Guides

Anyhow, this page might as well be called almost-but-not-quite-yet-done guides to Java. They're out of alpha, clear of pre-beta, but in beta range now. All that I plan to add is a Quiz. Just when you thought you'd escaped, test come back to haunt you.

Drop me a line at nelson@cs.ualberta.ca if you have any ideas or liked to help.

You should download the new Beta JDK for Win95, WinNT or Solaris 2.x for the following to be of any use to you. I think there are versions for IRIX, SunOS, AIX, Linux and Solaris x86. Links will be provided later when I get more information on these ports.

Here are the tar/gzipped files I promised. I'm also looking for someone to put these on a FTP site so those without graphical browsers(or WWW access) can get them.

[Sites found, but will be listed in the next few days]

Copyrights and Trademarks

Portions are from Sun Microsystem's tutorials on Java

HotJava(tm), Java(tm) And Duke are the sole Trademarks of Sun Microsystems

Standard Conventions used in here

• Class names start with a capital and are of mixed case
  (i.e class PrintAsShownOnTheScreenDialog extends PrintDialog)
• When defining an object, start the instance with a lower case
  (i.e ThisDialog thisDialog = new ThisDialog();)
• Same applies when declaring an method or variable within a class
  (i,e static int myInteger)
• Constants(i.e final) preferable should be in all capital letters
  (i.e PI = 3.14)
• Starting and ending {} take on the C++ style rather than C's.
• Limited use of a modified version hungarian notation when there are many variables and you are never sure of their type. Otherwise do not use it as it just adds more work for your fingers
  (i.e n for integer, b for boolean, f for float, str(or s) for string, img for Image, etc..

  int nSomeValue;
  String strMyEmailAddress;
  boolean bEnabled;
  float fResult;
  Image imgDisabled;
  

Other sources for HotJava/Java Information

• Java's Homepage
• Java Programmer's Guide
• Gamelan: A Directory and Registry of Java Resources

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