Links for programming examples in support of project work:
No project will require all (or even many) of these concepts.
However,  each person should at least browse all of the links
soas to be familiar with the concepts and vocabulary.
Send email if you have questions about these links.
Further discussion is scheduled for


GUI links:

ElegantJBeans:  A collection of JavaBeans,
Charting Bean  provides 2D graphs based on array of data points;
http://elegantjbeans.com/chart/default.htm
Beans and sample code are available for evaluation use.
(local screen view)

"How to use Sliders", Java Tutorial, Sun Corp.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/slider.html
  with link to the SliderDemo.java code 
  (Ugh ... this example also shows the swing.tiimer
              and it has very bad architecture with no separation of application, view, and controller!
               The example is more clear when shown in UML representation.
               Note the methods:  "statechanged"  which handles the movement of the slider
                             and          "actionPerformed"  which handles the timer event )
  Local download the complete demo code and images.

2D graphics -- geometric 
(a) read the 2D graphics chapter in the blue book
(b) Sun Java Tutorial:
     2D Graphics:  http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/2d/index.html
              >> Drawing Geometric Primitives:
                                                http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/2d/geometry/primitives.html
    Example1:  screen shots of the Circle Chooser  consisting of the frame  and  panel  with  model
                                  (simple, bad architecture; will be seen better in UML view).
    Example 2:  screen shot of finite state machine simulator,  code  , and  FSM.zip
           
Other libraries:

2D graphics -- images
(a) read the image chapter in the blue book
(b) Sun Java Tutorial:
      2D Graphics:  http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/2d/index.html
              >>  Working with Images http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/2d/images/index.html
                     >> links to loading / saving an image, 
                           Several image transformations are shown  at
                                         http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/2d/images/drawimage.html

Tony Loton,  "JavaMail quick start: Send and receive email with the JavaMail APIs ".
 JavaWorld.com, 10/26/01, (five parts),  pp. 15,
http://www.javaworld.com/jw-10-2001/jw-1026-javamail.html

"How to use Timers", Java Tutorials,
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/timer.html
( ... but don't follow the examples,
       rather look at the animation example in the Slider tutorial listed above)

Domain links:

About the blood sugar regulation:
"Normal regulation of blood sugar",  EndocrineWeb.com,
http://www.endocrineweb.com/insulin.html

Data flow model:
Labview is a well-known data-flow programming system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LabVIEW
One intent of the data-flow project is that each person will contribute
some component, which requires that an interface definition be posted.
Here is the interface for (for string processing) from a previous semester.
(An interface definition for image operations will be posted here later.)
Possible image operations may be seen in the images tutorial noted above.
IDE's such as Labview and JBuilder allow dynamic loading of components,
which is likely beyond the scope of the 501 project.  However,
here are two presentations of  dyanmic class loaders:
  Goolge:  "ClassLoader tutorial"
                  such as   http://www.roseindia.net/javatutorials/hotdeploy.shtml
   (iii ) JavaWorld  example;
          the Loader code  is in the references list.