Part A - Xcos on Desktop 1 . To execute the Java Swing Application - For Windows : Place dist folder (which contains XcosOnDesktop.jar files) to D or C or any drive where your Java(JDK/JRE) is installed. Open Terminal. Type: cd dist (if you're not inside dist folder) java -jar XcosOnDesktop.jar For Linux : Place dist folder (which contains XcosOnDesktop.jar files) to to Home or root Folder. Open Terminal. Type: cd dist (if you're not inside dist folder) java -jar XcosOnDesktop.jar You can also use any IDE like Netbeans,Codeblocks etc to Execute this Program. JDK version: 1.7.0 JRE vversion : 7 Please Note :To Change Background/Font Colour the R,G,B values must be between (0-255) and must be in Format R,G,B or else red error message is shown. 2. Java to implement a Student Ranking System - To Execute this Program . For Windows : Place StudentRanking folder to D or C or any drive where your Java(JDK/JRE) is installed. Open Terminal. Type : javac StudentRanking/RankSort.java javac StudentRanking/Student.java java StudentRanking/Student Please note: You might get warnings like below. Please ignore them. "Note: StudentRanking\Student.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations." "Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details." For Linux :Place StudentRanking folder to Home or root Folder. Open Terminal. Type : javac StudentRanking/RankSort.java javac StudentRanking/Student.java java StudentRanking/Student Please note: You might get warnings like below. Please ignore them. "Note: StudentRanking\Student.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations." "Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details." You can also use any IDE like Netbeans,Codeblocks etc to Execute this Program. JDK version: 1.7.0 JRE vversion : 7 Still got questions regarding running this program ,contact me: codispatch.shravan.c@gmail.com Part B - Xcos on Web Coming Soon , Stay Tuned :)