Posts Tagged "Java"

Building Shapes With Loops

From time to time it has been asked how to build standard 2D shapes with simple loops. It could be a rectangle of some sort or a right / equilateral triangle. Maybe even a triangle that is facing the left rather than facing the right. Even the diamond pattern is a good one asked by many instructors around. But why on Earth would instructors ask you to build these types ...

BozoSort Definitive (C++, C#, VB.NET, Java, PHP)

WARNING: PLEASE USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION! CONTENTS MAY BE FUNNY BUT NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE. Programmer Discretion is Advised! Hey you bozos out there, now there is a sort even for you! For those who don't know, a Bozo Sort is a joke sorting algorithm that actually sorts but at horrible timing and is very inefficient. It is good to see it at work from a theoretical stand point but it ...

Speaking Mouse to Hunt Down a Popup Menu

The mouse is one of the most abused input devices on today's computers. Second to maybe the keyboard, it is essential for gathering input from the user. We tell it what to do but what if we stopped a second and had our application listen to it? I mean, REALLY listen to it and not just that listening you do when your favorite show is on TV and your girl ...

Amortization Definitive (C++, C#, Java, etc)

Amortization... it is the process of accounting for, and usually decreasing, an amount of money over a period of time. You can amortize a mortgage or various types of loans, and you can amortize assets based on their value and what their value will be in so many periods of time. Many newbies on our boards have asked about this very project as part of the computer science courses and ...

Parts 1-3 of Product / Inventory Project

One of the many questions we are asked on a regular basis is help with the Product, DVD, Inventory inheritance style of problem. Where the student is asked to create a Product class as part 1, then create an Inventory class in part2 to manage the products, and lastly asked to inherit from the Product class to make a specialized subclass in part 3. While this blog entry goes into ...

A Slice of PI Using the Monte Carlo method In Java

Everyone loves PI don't they? Cherry, Apple, Blackberry and even Pumpkin is which is one of my all time favorites! Ok, I am not talking about that kind of pie or that geeky guy who called himself PI on Beauty and the Geek (love that show... why? Because I am a geek and wishing I could hook up with hot super model chicks who depend on my intelligence and willing ...