- Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 12:07
- Java
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I remember the day when I created a Tic Tac Toe game using Java Swing and packed it in an executable JAR file to distribute it among my friends. As few of my friends were not from computer background, they were unable to execute the JAR file. Hence I converted the ...
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- Monday, December 15, 2008, 12:34
- How-To, Java, Tutorial
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Let us see how to create a JAR file using Java's jar command as well as using Eclipse IDE. The JAR file format is based on the popular ZIP file format. Usually these file are used for archiving and distribution the files and implementing various libraries, components and plug-ins in java applications. Compiler and JVMs (Java Virtual Machine) can understand and implement these formats for ...
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- Thursday, November 27, 2008, 19:15
- How-To, Java, Tutorial
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ZIP files offer a packaging mechanism, allowing multiple files to be bundled together as one. Thus, when you need to download a group of files from the web, you can package them into one ZIP file for easier transport as a single file. The bundling can include additional information like directory hierarchy, thus preserving necessary paths for an application or series of resources once unbundled.
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