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[gszauer]

I need some ideas for practice apps to write it java.
So far i have
1, calculator
2, word processor (Simple one)
3, ftp program

I would like to have 10 usefull aps to show off....
Any ideas, anyone? Perhaps a project from a book you have? A project you did?
I appriciate any help
~Gabor

[v0id]

I know you've done a little network programming (your FTP-program), but you could move further and do something more advanced, like a little chat-program. Then you'll find out how the server- and client-part works.

[gszauer]

Chat i like
Asteroids is a definate yes
IRC is a maybe
and a Loan Calculator sounds a tad boring....

Thanks for the ideas so far.
Does java support 3D?

[TcM]

I think yes.. because Runescape is built with Java, and it is 3d.

[G_Morgan]

A POP3 e-mail client shouldn't be too difficult. The standard is only about 20 pages long (RFC 1939?). Really there are only about 7/8 commands in the entire standard.

Java supports 3D via JOGL. There used to be a Java3D that used D3D on Windows and OGL on everything else but it sucked royally. It still exists but Sun dumped it to focus on their OGL offering.

[gszauer]

Pop3 sounds interesting. Sending mail shouldnt be hard.
I was thinking about making a mail app to recieve SMTP mail, and tried to make that in PHP, but parsing SMTP turned out to be a major pain!

PS, i found this on Java 3d:
Java 3D API Tutorial
Is that the version vich sucked royally?

[G_Morgan]

gszauer said:

Pop3 sounds interesting. Sending mail shouldnt be hard.
I was thinking about making a mail app to recieve SMTP mail, and tried to make that in PHP, but parsing SMTP turned out to be a major pain!

PS, i found this on Java 3d:
Java 3D API Tutorial
Is that the version vich sucked royally?

You've got that backward. SMTP is about sending mail. POP3 is about interacting with a mail server to retrieve mail. Sending mail is more difficult than retrieving it for some reason.

Yeah that's Java3D, it's unsupported these days. I'd look at JOGL if I was you. If you really want to learn 3D though I'd look at

NeHe Productions: Main Page

That site has a whole host of OGL tutorials. Unfortunately they are written in C. Learning the concepts is most important, then moving to Java is easier.

[gszauer]

Sounds good, thanks for all the help.
And you're right, i got SMTP, and POP3 mixed up.

[Lop]

Which project are you going with first?

BTW, I gave you rep because of your signature! Very nice :)

[gszauer]

Im going to try and make a simple chat client first.
lol, thanks for the rep...

[dirkfirst]

Asteroids would be awesome! Any old school games are always good and better if they are free :)

P.S. - Rep also given!