Getting Started

Commenting in Java a.k.a. Javadoc

Robot Tutorial

Scanner class for 1.4 (Mac)

Student Tutorials on Swiki

Java API

Sun's Java Tutorials

TA Learning Artifacts

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Here, there are several resources available to help you code in Java and other students' perspective on the topics covered by this course. If the book explanation seems too convoluted, then one of these tutorials created by previous semester's students might be the trick to understanding.

The Getting Started section provides an excellent introduction into Java and the tools you will be using.

Another vital link is the Java Application Programming Interface (Java API). The Java API displays a list of classes inherent to Java that you may use when programming (unless the homework assignment explicitly says otherwise). Sun's Really Big Index is a page with links to many, many tutorials and lots of example code for Java, especially Swing GUI concepts. If you are a Mac use and need the Scanner class for Java 1.4 which is on your machine, see the Scanner for Mac information page.