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BlueJ Teaching and Learning Resources

The following resources are mainly aimed at teachers for preparing courses with BlueJ. The collection is continuously maintained, and submissions of material is strongly encouraged.

Java Classes

	Simple Input - a class to get input from the user easily
	GUI/CUI- more classes for user data input
	Canvas - a class to enable simple drawing and animations on an electronic canvas
	stdio - a class for handling text input, number input and rounding
	GWindow - a class to experiment with graphics primitives and GUI components
	AppletWindow - executes an applet in a JFrame
	Skodak's IO Helper - Some classes for making I/O with files and the terminal easy
	Turtle Graphics - an implementation of the classis turtle
	JEWL - a GUI library for beginners

Exercises and Assignments

	Zork 1 - a simple framework for an adventure game. Suitable for first year assignment.
	Skodak's Draw Tutorial - a sequence of exercises (with source and solutions) from drawing simple shapes to an interactive game
	Self-Test Centre - Short Java programming exercises - a set of about 50 short Java programming exercises.
	Shapes Labs - A collection of lab exercises using the shapes example.

Demonstrations

	Bouncing Ball - a demo program using the canvas for animation
	Demo program collection - A small set of small, graphical demo programs

Other Resources

	A Laboratory for Object-Oriented Thinking - paper about CRC cards
	A set of lecture slides (in German) - for a first semester course
	Another set of lecture slides (in German) - for a second semester course
	Multiple Choice Questions - abank of 70 on-line self-test questions
	A set of lecture slides in French - available in various formats
	A set of tutorials for writing games in BlueJ - step by step...
	The BlueJ Crosswords - crossword puzzles about OO concepts
	A collection of course material - including slides and labs
	Java Tips - a collection of programming tips
	Several detailed high-school level courses (in German)
	SLAX module of BlueJ 2.1.3

maintained by Michael Kölling.