The best way to teach the concept of Java user input to new software developers is to show them how to use the highly visual and user-friendly JOptionPane class from the Swing package. With one simple ...

the input is in integer form. my first thought was to create some sort of modal dialog, but the online java tutorial suggests that dialogs only do dropdowns, radio boxes, etc. and not free input.

It adds a red JFrame upon which to display the dialog box, and an image icon featuring the Java mascot Duke. An image of the JOptionPane this code creates is shown below the code. When the JOptionPane ...