Supplements
Interpret/Compile
Making WebPages
Plug-in
Java 5.0 Features
The JVM
Advanced JVMs
Alt. Compilers
Alt. JVMs
Java Deployment

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:

• A short history of the language
• A definition of Java
• Versions of Java since it first appeared in 1994.
• Java 5.0 - overview of the latest update to the language
• Java Features - the good and the bad
• Design of the language
• Tools to program in Java
• Documentation
• Compatibility of the different versions of Java i
• Get started with your own programs
• Applet demo
• Application (a standalone program)
• Starters - describes the applet and application template or framework codes provided to start programs.
• Exercises

Java Supplements

• Interpreted vs Compiled languages
• Creating a web page
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) - more about the Java machine within a machine approach
• Advanced JVMs - sophisticated JVM designs allow Java programs to reach speeds comparable to C & C++ programs.
• Alternate JVMs - JVMs are available from other companies than Sun Microsystems
• Alternative Java Compilers - Java bytecode for the JVM can be generated in many ways besides the standard Sun JDK compiler. In fact, the bytecode can come from non-Java languages.
• Java 5.0 Features - more details about the new version.

Tech:

• Benefits of Java for general science and engineering applications
• Shortcomings - for Java in these areas
• Real-world examples of Java in science and technical fields..

Physics:

• Benefits and shortcomings of Java in physics.
• Simulations in physics a
• Experiment simulations and the analysis of the data.
• Examples of physics simulations:
  • Continuous
  • Event
  • Static
• Exercise

Latest update: Oct. 13,.2004

            Tech
Java in Science
    & Engineering
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           Physics
Java in Physics
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  Demo 1: Event
  Demo 2: Continuous
  Demo 3: Static
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