Writing a class or two doesn’t seem to create that big of a problem, and for simple projects it’s not. However, this isn’t effective for large projects with dozens, if not hundreds, of Classes. That’s where packages come into play. A Java package is a way to both logically and physically organize your Java code….
We’ve looked at building our Java Class (here and here), but how do we use it? Let’s look into this. Once our class is complete, or complete enough – we can always go in and modify it further based upon new functionality needed, fixes to bugs, etc, we can instantiate it. That is, we can…
In our previous example, we had a class with a default constructor where we passed no arguments into the class. That is great, unless you want to set one or more class variables with data at run time. So lets look at overloading the class constructor. In this example, we keep our default constructor, but…
This introduction/refresher to Java Classes is assuming that you’ve worked with some Object Oriented language before, like C++, or maybe even Java and you just need a quick refresher. In Java, everything you build will be a class, with very few exceptions. to define a class, you will need a file name, with the same…
Background: In an effort to review a what we’ve covered so far in class, from coming up with an algorithm, flowchart, pseudo-code, and user stories. You are to work alone, and submit your file(s) via Moodle. If you have more than one, please zip the files up into one file that can be submitted. Thank…
Flowcharts and Pseudo-code work really well in certain situations, like when you have a defined task that needs to be completed, and/or your program follows a simple logical flow. However, in today’s modern computer application, users will perform things out of order because they can with a modern graphical user interface (GUI). As a developer,…
Pseudo-code, is essentially “fake code”. Well if it’s fake, why should we use it? That is a good question, so let’s look at what it is used for, and isn’t. Flowcharts are often used to help define the flow of an algorithm. However, they often get long, and hard to manage, especially with larger and…
If you need to see how to install Visual Studio Community Edition, please follow the video below. This video goes over installing all of the components one would reasonably need if they were working on their Comp. Sci. degree with me at Tusculum University, or another university, as it shows how to install for C++,…
