JAC's Java Applets

Red shows beta-test code version date.
Reload the HTML file to check current version and exit browser if needed to be sure you have current one if you have used an old version.

• Test whether Floating point arithmetic in Java is IEEE compliant.
  (24 September 1998)

• Rutherford scattering applet.
  (09 October 1998)

• Program that plays 3-card Tonk against you.
  (24 November 1998 version without DEBUG option)

• Program that simulates the flight of a hit ball in baseball.
  (14 April 2000 update with several new features)
  (Original version from early 1999 that lacks input parameter error handling.)

Some comments for when you might have problems with an applet of mine.

Getting started?

• It all starts at Javasoft, where you can download the Java Development Kit or access the documentation (which includes the full API cods and code examples for each version).

• I use the JDK 1.1 Core API Specification a lot.

• The book Java in a Nutshell was recommended to me by a CS faculty member, and I find it a very useful reference. It assumes you know C, but includes a compact reference manual to supplement the on-line interactive documentation and covers the GUI parts very well. That site also provides access to their examples, whether you own the book or not -- although some will not make sense without the book.

• This VisAD class library shows what can be done.

Other Java resources for Physics:

• TIPTOP's Virtual Laboratory (collection)

• The Official JAVA Directory including Physics Applications