Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jeff Higgins Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: presentable Java features and programs Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 21:21:11 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 01:20:19 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="c50a9e5d554cfaba13eda1c71e805135"; logging-data="4802"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX190gvNZmIw/Sp09b7oWZh/NbwOd7a6cdLg=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/31.6.0 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:SXCHRfDprGUNA0cbCogWcODpEEA= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:31509 On 04/06/2015 08:56 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote: > On 04/06/2015 06:50 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? >> > They may not meet all of your criteria but I've used all of them. > > > > > > >