Animating a car in Java

This program is only for beginners in Java. Most of you may have imagined it is very difficult of it takes a lot of time to grasp the essence of animation in Java. Well this program here dispels all those fears. It is a very basic (and dare I say an ugly) animation of a red car which moves from left to right.

// CARMOVE.JAVA
// MOVING CAR

// Created by Karthik Sampath on 28/4/2010.
// Copyright 2010, Karthik. All rights reserved.
// The copyright to the computer program(s) herein
// is the property of Karthik Sampath, India. The
// program(s) may be used and/or copied only with the
// written permission of Karthik Sampath or in accordance
// with the terms and conditions stipulated in the
// agreement/contract under which the program(s) have
// been supplied. This copyright notice must not be
// removed.
// Published in www.geekyard.com

import java.awt.Color;

import java.awt.Graphics;

import javax.swing.*;

public class test extends JApplet {

public static void main(String[] args) {

JFrame frame = new JFrame();

frame.getContentPane().add(new test());

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

frame.setSize(1024, 739);

frame.setVisible(true);

}

public void paint(Graphics g) {

try {

int j = 0;

while (j < 500) {

g.setColor(Color.white);

g.fillRect(0, 0, 5000, 5000);

g.setColor(Color.red);

g.fillRect(250 + j, 250, 100, 50);

g.setColor(Color.black);

g.fillOval(260 + j, 300, 20, 20);

g.fillOval(320 + j, 300, 20, 20);

j++;

Thread.sleep(2);

}

} catch (InterruptedException e) {

}

}

}