I have just uploaded a beta of Jurtle 1.4 to my web site. This new version has many nice changes, including: - Added navigation to the class list on the left...
The latest release of Jurtle 1.4 is now available at <http://www.jurtle.com> No significant feature changes since the last beta. I have fixed a number of bugs...
I have started a "Turtle of the Month" feature on my web site. It is designed to highlight one or more cool turtles written and submitted by users. The lucky...
FYI: I have redesigned my website a bit and up up a section entitled "Tips for Teachers". You can access it from the main page at <http://www.otherwise.com>....
Is anyone out there working on April's Turtle of the Month? Remember, it doesn't need to be long or super fancy. Just something you've done that looks...
I would like to find out what people think about the "10 minute" limitation on the unlicensed version. Is this a good way to cripple the trial? Other options...
I downloaded the product earlier this week for my kids and the 10 minute thing was a little annoying, particularly when trying to download and properly install...
I have placed the first beta of Jurtle 1.5 on the Otherwise web site. Here is what is new: - Added a getDisplayContainer() method to Turtle class and changed...
I have released the final version of Jurtle 1.5. It is available for download at <http://www.otherwise.com/Download.html>. The only thing that changed between...
I found that at the last minute I made a small stupid typo in the 1.6b1 release I did Friday. This prevented the Jurtle_Workspace from being created and...
Looking through the past messages it appears that I am doing the bulk of the posting. I do want to clarify that this group is not just for my announcements....
Hello Bill, I an a new member of this group and I joined it in anticipation of teaching a Java course to middle school students next fall. I have downloaded...
Mark, Thanks for posting. I will be very interested in hearing your thoughts after you have played around with Jurtle some. I know of several schools using...
I have released Jurtle_1.6. You can pick up the latest copy from <http://www.otherwise.com/Download.html> Please let me know if you have any problems. -- Bill...
Bill, When I installed v1.6, I went to the new workspace directory in Jurtle and it indicated that most of the classes were not compiled (italic style). When I...
That's strange. I just tried it and it worked for me. I wonder if it was some temporary glitch. You might try quiting Jurtle, deleting the workspace and...
I think the problem here is that when the Jurtle_Workspace is being populated, the .java files are getting copied after their .class counterparts giving them a...
Deleting Jurtle_Workspace seems to have no effect on the menu item options for me - it just makes a new one next time Jurtle starts up, same appearance as...
... I will fix this in a new point release. ... How embarrassing! That preferences field never actually got hooked up to anything. I had intended to remove...
Bill, It might be useful to have a few methods in the Console class to control the visibility of the Console panel. If a student is running a class which has ...
I have placed Jurtle 1.6.1 on the web site. It fixes: 1) The problem on Windows where a newly populated Examples directory sometimes shows the classes as not...
Bill, Thanks for 1.6.1 update. In the food for thought category, it might be useful to have a stack trace show up either in the console or in a separate tab so...
... Good suggestion. I have changed the Turtle code to print the entire stack trace rather than just the error. For non-Turtles the full stack trace is...
Well, I hate having known bugs in my software, so I rolled 1.6.2 to fix a display corruption problem that happened if you created a new class while on the...
This group has languished a bit while I been focusing on my new product Parsnips <http://www.otherwise.com/Parsnips.html>. However, I'm now ready to start...
I'm creating a sub-class of Turtle which includes methods for setting a custom turtle image instead of the default triangle. It also has options for setting...
Hello Sir I need answers regarding Interfaces in core java. My question is if we r not implementing any method in a interface then what is the use of it? if...
Anand, An interface is often thought of as a "contract" between two classes. If a class declares that it implements a specific interface, then it is ...