Improve Your JAVA Sudoku Game with Helpful Tips - Urgent Project Assistance

[AhmedEzz]

Hi guys, I'm being asked to do a mini-project...Basically, i get a code in JAVA and "edit". Editting can be improving the interface, adding exception handling or adding features and so...I chose Sudodu as my topic..after much searching I found this code but I'm out of ideas, what can be improved in this code? this is URGENT please help

http://mathijs.jurresip.nl/2006/12/29/sudoku-generator-source/

Please help guys, if u can tip me or find a better code...I really need this,please.

 

[AhmedEzz]

I have a few ideas,maybe you can evaluate them and their difficulty to implement:

- Exception handling..i'll try to figure out something
- Undo/Redo
- Different color schemes
- Adding classical background music that can be turned ON/OFF
- Print the generated puzzle
- Replace the icons
- Maybe include some sort of animationsI'm using NetBeans btw...please guys, I'm in urgent need for your help

 

[AhmedEzz]

Does anyone know how to run a sound file from within a program??

I want the user to click a button and an external sound file runs...sorta background music.

Moreover, how can I do simple text animations? - really simple-

 

[hot_sauce]

is there a Java tutorial thread ?

 

[AhmedEzz]

I don't know but I hope there is because even after googling, I still can't make those simple text animations that I'm after...

 

[rootX]

Never do these things:
- Adding unnecessary sounds
- Adding fun animation (use this only if it is needed)
- Bright colors

Preferable things:
- Make it more simple
- Don't use too much try-catch .. do only if the thing is out of your control; let is crash
- Make everything more accessible

Tutorial: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

Adding sound:
there's a class for that. I don't remember it's name but it's two line codes

Animations:
I only know simple ones

loop
Thread.Sleep (1000);
Xfuncton();

Xfunction()
//move things around
use x-y cods or other color properties

 

[AhmedEzz]

thanks a lot mate, finally someone nice helps.

Adding sound:
there's a class for that. I don't remember it's name but it's two line codes

Any clue where to look? I've found some on the internet but its way too advanced for my level - first course ever-...

 

[rootX]

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-1998/jw-06-sound.html

 

[AhmedEzz]

thanks a million man.

I have something in mind, Is there a way in which I can change the text in textfield/area/label during runtime? I want to create a flashing effect with text..and to do that I'll make a thread that setText() into something "My example" then into nothing "" and then sleep for a sec, by that it should create a blinking effect.
Also, in the application i am using FlowLayout, can I manually change the co-oridnates of the components or is it determined for good?

 

[rootX]

Those are possible.. much easier if you use netbeans.

It would be really crazy if you are doing all this to a business applications =:)

 

[AhmedEzz]

its a sudoku game, and I am using netbeans but the original writer of the code is using awt not swing...If what I reffered to in post #9 can you please please please please please tell me how or give me a link or any hints/clues? I tried to do it but the problem is the text in the text field does not change during runtime...

Also, in the application i am using FlowLayout, can I manually change the co-oridnates of the components or is it determined for good?

 

[tgkprog]

go to java.sun.com u can do all that with awt and threads. text boxes all have a setText method