1. Libraries, APIs, Documentation, and Getting Help Layton Smith CSE 4000

2. Introduction Libraries o Static/Dynamic o Java version of static/dynamic o Netbeans Example o Creating your own APIs o Java API o Quicksilver API Documentation o Javadoc Halp! o Google o IRC

3. Libraries Static o Easier to load o Must be declared upon compile/run Dynamic o Harder to load o Can be loaded anytime during execution Java o No static libraries! (Well, sorta) o Netbeans Example o Create your own

4. APIs Application Programming Interface o No "General API" specification o Java API o Quicksilver API o bukkit

5. Documentation Javadoc o Inputs and Outputs o Generate the html

6. Getting Help Google! o http://tinyurl.com/ccqvsc http://tinyurl.com/ccqvsc Documentation for a specific product Internet Relay Chat (IRC) o Chatzilla o XChat

7. IRC Basics 1.Join a server /server 2.Set your nickname /nick 3.Join a channel /join #

8. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing %29 http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/ http://www.campusbookmart.com/ http://ci.bukkit.org/ http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/doc umentation/index-jsp-135444.html http://www.google.com/ http://chatzilla.rdmsoft.com/xulrunner/

9. Useful IRC Channels irc.freenode.net o ##php o ##java o #jquery o ##javascript o ##c++ o #html o #css irc.esper.net o #bukkit o #bukkitdev