Step 1: Getting the starter code

To get you started, and let you focus on practicing Java skills rather than writing user interface code, I have written the complete Tetrominos class and a little bit of the Board class. To use them, create a class for each using Eclipse, and cut-and-paste the code for each class into Eclipse. The code is below in the two tabs of the code window. Don’t worry yet about how this code works; we’ll go over it soon.

Once you have added this code to your Eclipse project, use Eclipse to run Tetrominos.java. You should see a window with a black background, containing a blue rectangle.