Thread: Need Help Practicing

I'm trying to teach myself more advanced programming so that I could soon make a game. The things I am trying to learn are:
Threads
Drawing Shapes and Putting Images on a Screen
Using Event Listeners
More about Objects
Edit: and Swing!
The reason I'm having trouble learning these things is that i'm used to a teacher teaching me and having "assignments" using the skills we just learned. So what i'm asking for is some assignments that have you make a simple (or complex) program using the skill you just learned. I would give an example if I still had the assignments from my 3 week college but I've lost them. If some one could show me a website with what i'm looking for or possibly give me some assignments that would be nice.


If you have questions, ask and I'll answer!

Lil_misfit

Here's a exercise from the "multithreading" chapter of a book I have:

(Bouncing Ball)
Write a program that bounces a blue ball inside a JPanel. The ball should
begin moving with a mousePressed event. When the ball hits the edge of the JPanel, it should
bounce off the edge and continue in the opposite direction. The ball should be updated using a Run

And a bit of theory:

(Multithreading Terms)
Define each of the following terms.
a) thread
b) multithreading
c) runnable state
d) timed waiting state
e) preemptive scheduling
f) Runnable interface
g) notifyAll method
h) producer/consumer relationship
i) quantum

Hope it helps - if you need more information on the bouncing ball exercise I can send it you via
a PM if you like

Wishes Ada xx