First day handout (syllabus that is specific to this semester).
Instructions for setting up and verifying your Java compile / test environment in MS Word and PDF format.

Lecture notes

Example code is at /export/home/faculty/parson/JavaLang on bill.kutztown.edu
My javadoc is at http://bill.kutztown.edu/faculty/parson/javadoc
Lecture slides for week 1 on running a program.
Lecture slides for week 2 on data types and control constructs.
Lecture slides for week 3 on classes, strings, and text I/O.
Lecture slides for week 5 on interfaces and inheritance.
Lecture slides for week 7 on exceptions.
Lecture slides for week 9 on generic interfaces and classes.
Changing the Look and Feel of Swing.
RGB Color Wheel for preparing for assignment #4.

Assignments

Assignment # 1 on checking words from a ScrabbleBoard for membership in a dictionary of words is due by 11:59 PM on Thursday, February 18.
Assignment # 2 on integrating spell checking and a custom dictionary into classes ScrabbleGame, ScrabbleBoard and new class SpellingException is due by 11:59 PM on Thursday, March 18.
Assignment # 3 on writing, testing and documenting a generic interface and a generic class to replace the use of HashSet from Assignment #1 is due by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, April 6.
Assignments # 4 and # 5 on constructing a graphical user interface using AWT and Swing are due in two parts by the end of day on April 20 and May 2 respectively.
Testing guide for assignment #5 shows how to use the word-to-MIDI GUI and terminal screen trace of MIDI translation events to help test and debug.


Links to Java DOCUMENTATION and download.
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html documents the CLASS LIBRARY.
One-line summary of UNIX commands (thanks to Professor Schaper).
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/ has all on-line docs.

The MIDI Technical Fanatic's Brainwashing Center is the best site I know of for MIDI tutorials and documentation. It includes technical specifications and a table of General MIDI Instrument Patches (voices).

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp has downloads
       for JDK 1.6 docs and tools (compiler, etc. for Windows).
       Download Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 6 -> Download -> Continue -> Continue,
       then click the file, ignoring the "Sun Download Manager."
       After installing JDK 1.6, go to Windows Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables and set system variable CLASSPATH to your JavaLang directory. If CLASSPATH is already there, append a semicolon followed by your JavaLang path to the string that is there.
Download site for FileZilla file transfer utility for transferring files between bill and your PC, or you can use whatever you already have.
Download site for Eclipse IDE/Debugger for Java.
       Use the "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers," then  update it as follows.
       Download and unzip Eclipse.
       Go into the Eclipse directory and run the eclipse executable file.
       Make sure that your Eclipse workspace is in a directory that is completely different from any of your source code projects. Do not mix Eclipse's meta-data with your programming projects!
        Pitfall #1: After you successfully install and configure Eclipse, exit Eclipse and reboot your PC. Problems that I have encountered may be due to networking problems in Old Main, but I have had to do this step on two machines after Eclipse went into a hung state, so you might as well do this after setting up Eclipse.
        Pitfall #2: If you remove a Java project such as JavaLang, a) do not check the box to actually remove the Java files, and b) after removing the project, exit Eclipse and go into the project directory with the Windows Explorer and remove files .project and .classpath..
        Pitfall #3: Whenever you copy files from bill into a Java project under Eclipse, make sure to right-click "Refresh" (F5) on your Java project in Eclipse's "Package" panel.
       We will go over Java Projects, source editing and debugging in class.
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/  has the gmake manual.
http://cs.armstrong.edu/liang/intro7e/toc.html has downloads from our textbook.