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Re: presentable Java features and programs

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On 4/6/2015 6:50 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>   A Java course participant asked me near the start of the
>   beginner's course: »What can one do with Java? Could you
>   show me three Java programs?«.
> 
>   Even though I am giving Java classes for a long time, I
>   was not well-prepared for those questions!
> 
>   »What can one do with Java?« - A possible answer might be:
>   »Write Java programs.«, but possibly not what he had in 
>   mind? What would you answer to a beginner? (He already
>   knew VBA.) (Well, strictly, to write Java programs, you
>   use an /editor/, Java [in the sense of »the JLS«] then 
>   gives them meaning.)
> 
>   »Could you show me three Java programs?«. Well, I already
>   showed them the java compiler »javac« and the hello-world
>   program at this point. But maybe these were not the programs
>   he had in mind? At least, they might not be representative
>   (in at least two senses of the word). What programs would
>   you choose to show?
> 
>   In the end, when I am to show a Java program, I always show
>   JDiskReport, because it can be started easily and fast via
>   Web Start and is a really useful application, and one can
>   choose the L&F at runtime.
> 
>   Do you know any other Java applications that could be shown
>   in such a case, preferably applications that might be famous
>   and/or impressive and/or where one can immediately see that
>   they are useful and/or fun (and/or that can be downloaded
>   easily )and possibly (in the case of software that can be
>   used for free) shown/started easily?
> 

I can think of lots of ideas I used in the courses I used to teach.  But
this also changes from year to year, as more apps become available.

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