[draft / in progress] A number of students in EECS 1021 have encountered a few problems when trying to get a simple JavaFX program working in IntelliJ. The problem appears to happen mostly on the Windows 10 machines, but does also happen on macOS. Background The setup: IntelliJ IDEA 2020 Community Edition, AdoptOpen JDK 14 […]
[updated Jan. 2021] The JavaFX library is a good resource for making graphs. There are 8 basic graph types in JavaFX (Edencode link); Oracle tutorial link) Getting started in Java is more difficult than in Matlab. Want graphics? You'll need JavaFX. That means first undertaking three steps: Download and install an IDE (e.g. IntelliJ), Download […]
The following is a description of how I installed JavaFX SDK version 11 on Java SDK 14 with the IntelliJ IDE. Download the SDK and Link to IntelliJ The JavaFX toolkit (SDK) is an add-on for Java that makes it possible to create graphics. It used to be included with the main Java SDK, but […]
Virtual Programming Lab is a plugin for Moodle (eClass at YorkU) that permits interactive programming assignments to be made for students. There are some really good examples at Smith College on how to set it up with Python and a few with Java and C. I've posted, on YouTube, an example of how to […]