Going to School with Java

As a medium that offers a potential audience of millions, the World Wide Web includes numerous resources for educators and schoolchildren. Because Java programs can offer a more interactive experience than standard web pages, some programmers have used the language to write learning programs for the Internet.

For one of the strongest examples of this use of Java, visit http://www.dhpc.adelaide.edu.au/projects/vishuman2.

This website uses data from the National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project, a database of thousands of cross-sectional images of human anatomy. A Java program is being used to enable users to search the collection and view images.

Instead of making requests by text commands, users make the requests ...

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