Java

Install openjdk

See http://openjdk.java.net/install/. On Ubuntu, I can use

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

Some projects written in Java

• FastQC The code uses Java 2D graphics APIs in awt like BasicStroke, Color, Dimension, Graphics, Graphics2D, RenderingHints and javax.swing.JPanel. It also uses java.util.Vector.

Tutorial

• Oracle Tutorial
• Head First Java
• Programming by Doing
• Introduction to programming in Java

Compile a simple Java program

javac Example.java # generate Example.class; bytecode version of the program
java Example   # run bytecode in Java Virtual Machine

Swing

• http://zetcode.com/tutorials/javaswingtutorial/