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Compiling Java Packages and Subpackages from the Command Line
The packaging system in Java can be tricky for the beginner to navigate. Follow the steps below to create, compile, and run a test program that creates a Java program whose classes belong to a root package and a subpackage. … Continue reading
Building a Java Program with Gradle
Follow the steps below to create and run a Java application in Gradle. These instructions assume a computer running Microsoft Windows. 1. If you have not already done so, download Java and a Java Development Kit. 2. In any convenient … Continue reading
Building a Java Program with Apache Maven
Follow the steps below to create, package, and run a simple Java application using Maven, a free automated build tool for Java maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. These instructions assume the computer is running a Microsoft Windows operating system. … Continue reading
Uncompressing Data with the Deflate Algorithm in Java
The code shown below is an implementation of the Deflate algorithm written by Nayuki Minase, and slightly simplified by myself. As of this writing, the original version can be obtained at the URL http://nayuki.eigenstate.org/page/simple-deflate-implementation. Specifically, I simplified it by squeezing … Continue reading
Programming a Simple Music Synthesizer in Java
The code given below uses the WavFile class from a previous post to build a text-to-music synthesizer. import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class MusicSynthesisTest { public static void main(String[] args) { parseAndSynthesizeSong(); } private static void parseAndSynthesizeSong() { Music.Song songToSynthesize … Continue reading
Hello World in Android Using Eclipse
This tutorial is a simplified, or at least condensed, version of the equivalent tutorial pages on developer.android.com, which are mostly fine, but they aren’t quite brainless enough to suit me. Plus, for the latest version of Android there was a … Continue reading
Sending an Email with an Attachment Using JavaMail
1. Follow the steps in the previous post titled “Sending an Email from Java Using JavaMail and Apache James”, but replace the contents of the EmailTest.java file with the text below. The updated code attaches a copy of the source … Continue reading
Sending an Email from Java Using JavaMail and Apache James
Email! Get connected! The phrase “Email! Get connected!” is a registered trademark of This Could Be Better LLC, which is a company that doesn’t exist, and also it’s not a registered trademark because no one ever, um, registered it. All … Continue reading
Compressing and Uncompressing Data in Java Using Zlib
The Zlib data compression library is built into Java, and allows you to compress and decompress data. So, uh… ’nuff said? 1. If you have not already done so, download and install the Java Development Kit. Details are given in … Continue reading
Reading and Writing a BMP File Using Java
The Windows BMP file is a fairly simple file format, and doesn’t (necessarily) involve any compression, which makes it one of the easiest image file formats to actually, you know, understand. UPDATE 2012-12-14: Since this post has, much to my … Continue reading
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