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Avoid Common Pitfalls when Programming 2D Graphics in Java: Lessons Learnt from Implementing the Minueto ToolkitPage 1Avoid Common Pitfalls when Programming2D Graphics in Java: Lessons Learnt fromImplementing the Minueto ToolkitMinueto is a platform independent game development framework written in Java specificallydesigned to support teaching projectbased computer science courses at the undergraduate level. Itoffers a simple objectoriented API that is ideal for 2D game development. Despite Java's poorreputation for game development impressive framespersecond performance was achieved. Thispaper presents the necessary knowledge required to properly develop 2D games in Java whiledescribing the common pitfalls that can easily degrade display performance. 1. IntroductionThe programming component of the first year of undergraduate studies at McGill University inComputer Science heavily focuses on objectoriented programming in Java. Thus it is notsurprising that students often choose this language when developing largescale projects duringtheir latter school years. These projects sometimes include game development such as the one inthe course COMP361 Systems Development Project a mandatory course for software engineeringmajors.Java provides two frameworks for designing graphical user interfaces: AWT and Swing. AWT ismostly use for applet development; its components are considered lightweight. Swing componentsare more flexible offer a wider variety of features and are more actively supported but tend torender slower. When developing Java games it is best to avoid both frameworks since bothframeworks are extremely slow and ill suited for game development.The Minueto game development framework 1] was developed to help the COMP361 studentscomplete their game development project. Before its introduction many students struggled to getadequate performance from their Java game. Minueto hides many of the Javaspecific knowledgerequired to get good 2D performance and hence students ...

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