Android Visualization Lab – University of California, Berkeley

“Like HTML webpages, Android provides functionality for setting up and tearing down. HTML provides the ability to respond to events through triggers like onLoad and onUnload. Android provides eight such methods, each to respond to a very specific situation.”
(Berkeley, University of California retrieved from:
http://vis.berkeley.edu/courses/cs160-sp08/wiki/index.php/Getting_Started_with_Android 12/22/2011)

Android API Reference

http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/app/Activity.html

Android Package Index

http://developer.android.com/reference/packages.html

Android Class Index

http://developer.android.com/reference/classes.html

Android Download

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Android Videos

http://developer.android.com/videos/

Android Developers Guide

http://developer.android.com/guide

Android Market

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Simple Budget Calculator

Created with Java Swing Applet

Click here to see the demo live.
You must have the Java jdk installed on your computer for the applet to work.

Java Applet Code

// Swing applet calculator demo

import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class budgetCalculator extends JApplet
{
private double sum; // sum of values

// initialize applet
public void init()
{
// input total income from user
String incomeNumber = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
“Enter your total income”);

//inupt total expenses from user
String expenseNumber ...

One of the base things I must accomplish in the creation of a software program that emmulates the evolution and survival of life is a simplistic method of animating graphical objects. The graphics will be able to “see” and therefore will sense when they come in close contact with other objects. After a bit of research and development, I found an existing program, written in Java, that does just this.

The artificial life simulation will take into account the cycle of ...

The following code transforms the struggle for survival into a mathematical equation. A user is asked to enter a number of carnivores to create between 1 – 100. Once the number has been decided, the plants, herbivores and carnivores reproduce contingent on a specific ratio between plants:herbivores:carnivores or 16:6:2.

The program takes 3 separate life forms plants, herbivores and carnivores and increases or decreases their reproduction rate depedent on their ratio in comparison to the other life forms. A ratio of ...

I have many software projects that I have been working on. One of my favorites is an Artificial Life Simulation. I will be using the blog portion of mikestratton.net to keep a running record of my work. The Artificial Life Simulation is being developed in Java.

Artificial Life Simulation Overview

Create a simulation that emulates life and evolution.
The simulation is governed by the same rules that govern our world. Graphic
objects in simulation represent life forms and environmental objects. Life
forms ...

Duke the Java Mascot!

This is Duke, the Java Mascot. Duke and I share one thing in common, we both
love Java! To show my support for Duke and all of his Java escapades, I have
added his portrait to this site!

Would you like to learn more about the Java platform? Go to: http://www.java.com

Would you like to learn more about Duke, the Java Mascot? Go to:

http://kenai.com/projects/duke/pages/Home

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Java Fractal Examples

What exactly is a fractal? Wikipedia defines a fractal as “a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole,”[1] a property called self-similarity.

Java Fractals – Artistic Expression

I have created some Java fractals for two purposes.
1) Computer Science Artistic Expression
2) Examples of Fractals written in Java

To view the fractals, click here: Fractal Gear Machine

References

Deitel P. & Deitel ...

Java Exception Handling

Moutain State University Java Study Notes
(Week 1 CIS 220 Computer Science II)

Java exception handling is based in part on Andrew Koenig's and Bjarne
Stroustrup's paper, "Exception Handling for C++ (revised).
(Reference: A. Koenig, and B. Stroustrup, "Exception Handling for C++
(revised)." Proceedings of the Usenix C++ Conference, pp. 149-176, San
Francisco, April 1990.)

Only classes that extend THROWABLE (package.java.lang) dirctly or indirectly
can be used with exception handling.

Error Handling Overview Psuedocode

Perform a task