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Java is a nice language, it's easy to learn and you can create good looking apps/applets in no time. If you already know c++ then it's even easier. This applet was the one that I wrote on the first week when I started learning Java. The background was done in POV Ray. Notice the hands are partially transparent, and also I tried to shade them (dynamically) like the windows controls. This project took about two days to complete...