CSCI 1321 (Principles of Algorithm Design II):
Useful Links and Other Resources

(This page is not being actively maintained, so some links may no longer be valid.)

Class material

Project Description. This is Dr. Lewis's general description of the project to be done by students in both our sections of this course. It links to more detailed descriptions of exactly what you need to do for each assignment during the semester. (Note that the specific requirements for what to turn may be different for my section; see the links from my Lecture Topics and Assignments for details.)
API for Project Framework. This is Dr. Lewis's documentation for the framework classes you will be using for your project.
Screen Editor Help. This describes how to use Dr. Lewis's screen editor program (which you will probably find helpful in doing your project).
Image Editor Help. This describes how to use Dr. Lewis's image editor program (which you will probably find helpful in doing your project). If you want to use images from other sources, see the last paragraph of his Assignment 3 description for information on a program to help with that.

Java 1.4 API Documentation. Everything you wanted to know about all the library classes, arranged in a very usable way.
javadoc Documentation. Information on how to write comments for and use javadoc, Sun's tool for automatically generating documentation (such as the above API) from comments within Java code. In particular you might want to look at this page on Documentation Comments.

TogetherSoft (now Borland). The IDE that we will be using for this class is Together ControlCenter, the main product of TogetherSoft (recently acquired by Borland). You can run this program under Linux on the lab computers with the command
/users/TogetherSoft/Together6.0/bin/Together.sh
Since this is tedious to type, even with tab completion of filenames, you may want to set up an alias for this command or add it to your toolbar.
You can also download and install the program on your own computer. Follow the instructions at Borland's Web site to download and install; when you have the product installed, you will need a license key, which you can get by sending mail to Dr.~Lewis at mlewis@trinity.edu requesting it.
Note that Together needs about 256M of memory to run with acceptable performance.
Java Without an IDE. Instructions for writing, compiling, and running Java programs without an IDE such as Together. Also see Sun's Tools and Utilities documentation.

Dr. Lewis's CS 1321 Links Page. Links to additional course-related information, including more useful Java Web sites.
Remote access to the CS Linux machines.
Other useful links for the not-yet-expert (tips about compilers, text editors, Unix, etc.).