Development of an Application in Java

Development of an Application in Java (en français)

This PDF document describes the development of a graphical application in Java. Its main goal is pedagogical et illustrates different aspects of Java in the context of a fun and extensible application.

In particular, the following concepts are illustrated:

inheritance
class methods and variables (static in the Java parlance)
graphical animation with images
mouse-click and pop-up menu management
Java graphic application

Java source files are the following:

AnimatedBody.java
- Butterfly.java
- Flower.java
BodiesInASetting.java
MyPoint.java
Setting.java

The following image directory is also needed.

Compiling: javac BodiesInASetting.java in the source directory which should also contain the images directory.

Executing: java BodiesInASetting

All source files and images are available as a single file.

This implementation is a reimplementation of a Smalltalk-80 version described here [PDF 650K].