Using Java Web Start technology, standalone applications can be deployed with a single click over the network. Java Web Start ensures that the most current version of the application will be deployed. We are current testing Web Start distribution of Open Source Physics programs.
The Launcher program used in many of our examples enables us to organize and access multiple Java programs within a single user interface. Launcher was written by Doug Brown at Cabrillo College.
NOTE: Please try the Mozilla browser if Web Start fails with a security exception.
The following Web Start pages deliver OSP programs to the desktop using Java Web Start.
The Tracker video analysis program can now be installed in client computers Java Web Start. Note that Tracker requires Apple QuickTime for Java. QuickTime for Java is installed by default when you install QuickTime 7.0.
The Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) project promotes innovation in all aspects of the teaching of statistical and thermal physics in the undergraduate curriculum, including laboratory experiments, computational projects, student understanding of conceptual issues, ways of incorporating modern developments, issues related to energy in society, and conceptually-based ways of presenting statistical physics and classical thermodynamics.
A collection of examples that were created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) tool.
Spins is an interactive computer program that simulates Stern-Gerlach-type measurements on spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles. The original Java Version was written by David McIntyre and was based on the Macintosh version by Dan Schroeder [Am. J. Phys. 61, 798 (1993)]. Within the context of the OSP project, the Java program has been extended allowing for "experimental" parameters to be saved in XML files.
See the Spins website for additional information.