Homework Assignment 2

Due : 9am, April 5, 2004.

Spreadsheet Problem 1

Develop a web page that uses a Java-based spreadsheet to solve an engineering problem.

I suggest that you take a look at the spreadsheets developed by SUN Microsystems and modified by David Chancogne at ISR.

Your web page should contain three parts:

Problem Statement. Develop a short description of the engineering problem and its solution procedure.
Spreadsheet Analysis. Create a section for the spreadsheet applet, together with instructions on how to use and manipulate the spreadsheet calculations.
Interpretation of Results. How should the results of your calculation be interpreted?

Programming Hint ...

Back in the mid 1990s, applets were installed on web pages by simply writing:

    <applet>
            ...... applet commands ....
    </applet>

Because the Netscape and Microsoft IE browsers are slightly incompatible, life is now a lot more complicated.

The best way to ensure that your spreadsheet applet will work across all browsers is to find an example of the required markup, and then just copy and adapt it. See, for example, the source code for the example programs at:

http://www.isr.umd.edu/~austin/ence489c.d/swing.d/swing.html

What to hand in

Hand in a printout of the your web page, including the program source code. Don't link your home page to your assignment until early-in-the-morning April 5.