Re: Entry level Java

[Tim Howe]

Alex,

Sure, I will contribute my (evolving) version of jheatbugs. I'll email you
under separate cover to work out the details.

- Tim


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Lancaster" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: Entry level Java


> >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Howe <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Tim> Greetings, I have been working on making jheatbugs more
> Tim> understandable by amplifying the comments and by tightening up
> Tim> the code, with the goal of making it a reasonable "first program"
> Tim> for learning Swarm.
>
> Tim> I have appended a sample file below
> Tim> (HeatbugModelSwarm.java). Invoke "javadoc HeatbugModelSwarm.java"
> Tim> and see what you get in HeatbugModelSwarm.html. I'll provide
> Tim> more, as it all evolves, to anyone who would like a copy.
>
> Tim> My documentation does assume that the reader has a general
> Tim> understanding of Java. As for Java tutorials: Why not rely on the
> Tim> tutorials provided by the Java community? Try
> Tim> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/?frontpage-spotlight. Or
> Tim> "Introduction to Java for C and C++ Programmers" at
> Tim> http://www6.software.ibm.com/reg/java/ijcc++p-i.
>
> Tim,
>
> Would you be amenable to checking in your heatbugs code to CVS
> repository on the Swarm sourceforge site
> (http://sf.net/projects/swarm)?  It would be in an other "sister"
> module to Charles Staelin's simple bug/tutorial Java
> re-implementation.  It would allow easy distribution and be
> maintainable by yourself (I will give you developer access) and SDG
> folks.
>
> It would be real start down the road of having a more grassroots
> volunteer effort (since the SDG currently has no "sugar-daddy" to pay
> for full-time Swarm developers) for hacking on Swarm code that I (and
> other SDG members) were outlining at SwarmFest 2001 in April.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alex
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