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Chapter 1: An Overview of Java
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This chapter provides an overview of the Java language and how to apply it in engineering and science. The Java section provides a definition of Java, a history of the language, and some of its good and bad points. We then show how to get started with writing simple Java programs.

The Supplements section looks at some more detailed issues such as interpretation versus compilation, the Java Virtual Machine, and Java software outside of that provided by Sun Microsystems. The Tech section looks at the benefits and shortcomings of Java in general areas of engineering and science. The Physics section focuses on the use of Java for simulations of physical phenomena.

Outline

Java:

Java Supplements

Tech:

Physics:


Latest update: Oct. 13,.2004

  

            Tech
Java in Science
    & Engineering
Benefits
Shortcomings
RealWorld Examples

           Physics
Java in Physics
SimulationTypes
Simulate&Analyze
Sim. in Experiments
  Demo 1: Event
  Demo 2: Continuous
  Demo 3: Static

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Exercises

  Part I Part II Part III
Java Core 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20
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22 23 24
Supplements

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

Tech 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
Physics 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12

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