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JAVA
This is my first Java applet! It calculates the distance and bearing
out of two WW locators. I used only the tools described below.
Here is a short description of Java, as written in the preface of the language specification:
Copyright © 1996
Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved
Java was originally called Oak, and designed for
use in embedded consumer- electronic applications by James Gosling. After
several years of experience with the language, and significant contributions
by Ed Frank, Patrick Naughton, Jonathan Payne, and Chris Warth it was retargeted
to the Internet, renamed Java, and substantially revised to be the language
specified here. The final form of the language was defined by James Gosling,
Bill Joy, Guy Steele, Richard Tuck, Frank Yellin, and Arthur van Hoff,
with help from Graham Hamilton, Tim Lindholm and many other friends and
colleagues.
Java is a general-purpose concurrent class-based
object-oriented programming language, specifically designed to have as
few implementation dependencies as possible. Java allows application developers
to write a program once and then be able to run it everywhere on the Internet.
.... and it is free!
Here is a short overview of what you need to get
started:
First of all you need the "Java 2 SDK, Standard
Edition". This development kit contains everything to make a Java program
out of your source code. It has some tools which are usefull for developing
and testing programs written in Java. The tools are designed to be used
from command line. The SDK is available at SUN's
Java homepage.
If you would like to have a comfortable IDE, you
should try the NetBeans Developer 2.1, which is free for non-comerical
use. IDE is available at NetBeans homepage.
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Here are a few screenshots from the NetBeans IDE:
The Main Window:
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The Explorer Window:
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The Form Editor:
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