How can a seismologist get started with Java?
Read the What is Java and the Java Tutorial web pages from Sun. Look at the other pages under java.sun.com, or at other Java general information sources on the ORFEUS Java software page. Try the Java applets and programs listed above or others on the ORFEUS Java software page, and make contact with the authors. (If Java is not already installed on your system, you can download and install the Java SDK from Sun. This is the Java Software Development Ket which allows you run exsiting stand alone Java applications, and to write your own Java applets and applications. If you want to write applets, it may be best to use JDK 1.1 as most browsers do not yet support Java 2 SDK. If you only want to run applets though a browser, you do not need to install Java.) Choose a basic, seismological processing, visualisation or teaching task that interests you and for which you do not have useful software, and try writing a Java program or have another interested colleague write such a program. For your
