Category Archives: Tutorials
Terry Pearson's 7 Steps To Bittorrent Success
Bittorrent (pronounced and sometimes spelled “Bit Torrent”) has the potential to completely change the way files are served on the internet. Bittorrent was created by genius programmer Bram Cohan. It allows large files, like open source software distributions, to be downloaded quickly from several “grassroots” file sharers. This technology is closely related to Peer to [...]
Test your Java Skills
I am currently in a Java class at my university. This is a language that I think is just wonderful. Java (and .NET languages) truly utilizes Object Orientated Concepts to the fullest. When you are learning a language, it is sometimes difficult to test your skills. You certainly think you know a lot about the [...]
Things to Know Before You Graduate – For Computer Science Majors
As a computer science major, there are many things you should know before you graduate. To land a job, it is important that you have a broad base of knowledge when it comes to computer science. Below, I have compiled a list of some key things to know before you graduate. By the way, these [...]
Display a Double with two decimal places in Java
I just spent the longest time trying to find the easiest way to make a double display two decimal places in Java. Basically, I wanted to output money information, and it would look better if the money data says “$5.00″ instead of “$5.0″ as is sometimes the case. There are so many “solutions” to this, [...]
Learn Java Swing
If you talk to a lot of programmers these days, you will hear an increased number of conversations about Java. With the open sourcing of parts of the actual language, and the strong support that Sun Microsystems has pledged to help an Open Source Java succeed, you can be sure that Java is likely to [...]
Web Project Planning for BethelFellowshipChurch.com
I was recently asked to help build a website for my church in Minneota. I think that a church website is an excellent idea, and dove into the project as soon as the semester was over. Having little information about what is needed for a project, can sometimes be difficult for the developer. He feels [...]
Learn SQL – The Art of Structured Query Language
If you are involved in web development, you will eventually find the need to learn SQL. Also called Structured Query Language, SQL forms the basis for much of the more advanced web development. In order to make more interactive web sites, the information found one the web pages must be stored in databases. To read [...]
Installing a Java Compiler
So you have a great looking program. Perhaps you typed out the source code for the hello world tutorial. Now, you need to transfer that source code into a computer language. You do that through a process called compiling. In our case, Java is compiled into Java Bytecode. Compiling a Java file produces a new [...]
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